This week's open thread theme focusing on Black British musicians and singers. Willow - 1976 Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She also received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread- The Black British Invasion
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Monday Evening Thread: And A Muppet Shall Lead Them
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Monday Open Thread- Black British Invasion
This week's theme will focus on Black British singers/musicians and their contribution to crossing over to American audiences. Leslie Sebastian Charles(aka Billy Ocean) is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular musicperformer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&Bsinger / … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread- Black British Invasion
POU Comments Of The Week
For the week Jan 22 - Jan 28 Honorary Obot of the Week: Rickey Smiley Now THAT'S how you do the damn thang! Thanks Rickey! Alright...on to the comments! … [Read more...] about POU Comments Of The Week
Sunday Open Thread- The English Invasion
Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 18 January 1980) commonly known as Estelle, and formerly as Est'elle, is an English R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer.Estelle was born 18 January 1980 in Hammersmith, London, England. Born of a Senegalese mother and father from Grenada, Estelle grew up in West London in a large family of eight brothers and sisters and an extended … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread- The English Invasion