The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘2 Step in the Living Room’ by Terrace Martin & Alex Isley
This Pick of the Week has all the hallmarks of classic soul groovers — an infectious rhythm and bassline, angelic vocals and that nostalgic ‘Blue Lights in the Basement,’ roller skating vibe from back in the day.
Terrace Martin and Alex's Isley's 2023 album, "I Left my Heart in Ladera" has been lauded as a modern soul classic.
This week’s pick comes off of the album “I Left My Heart in Ladera” by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Terrace Martin and songstress and music royalty Alex Isley, daughter of Ernie Isley of R&B funk pioneers The Isley Brothers.
The album is considered a modern soul classic in various circles of soul pundits, and with each listen there’s a new layer of lush R&B and soul to be discovered.
We’ll sample a track that has the hallmarks of classic soul groovers — an infectious rhythm and bassline, angelic vocals and that nostalgic “Blue Lights in the Basement,” roller skating vibe from back in the day.
It’s grown folks’ music at its finest. Let’s check out the track “2 Step in the Living Room,” my Pick of the Week.
If you dig artists at the apex of the future soul music movement, be sure to check out The Progressive Underground every Saturday evening at 6 p.m. on 101.9 WDET and wdet.org, where we take you through soul, nu-jazz, nu-funk and everything else in between. For The Progressive Underground, I’m Chris Campbell and we’ll see you next time.
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