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Aural Examination - A Music Blog

About Me

Aural Examination (auralexamination.wordpress.com) is a new meeting place for the musically inclined. While the site's focus is jazz and soul, all genres are mined for exploration and discussion. From the Main Ingredient to Madonna, there's no limit to what may jump off of the pages. Hopefully you will find something that piques your interest.


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Anyone with a love of music ... all are encouraged to drop by.

My Blog

Celebrate DeBarges "In a Special Way" at Fly

Good day all,The US/Canada feature at Fly  is my 25th anniversary piece on DeBarge's "In a Special Way," an album that's very dear to me.Check it out and leave comments! Later,Steve______________...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: Blueheels and Patti Austin

What's good everybody?School's been keeping me pretty busy lately ... but I'm back with some updates to Aural Examination. This week, check out a review of "Lessons in Sunday Driving," the latest rele...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:16:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: Keaton Simons, Odyssey and more

Greetings all!It's been a crazy summer ... and I've been very slow with updates. Forgive me! But my summer class is done now (and I pulled an A-, what!) so I'm back on the grind. Check out Aural Exami...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:39:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: Robin Thicke’s Magic and Rockie Robbins

Now that the project that is half of my grade is complete, I'm back on the update grind! Check out posts on R&B singer Rockie Robbins' debut LP, and my take on Robin Thicke's hot new single, "Magi...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:14:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: A Taste of Honey and Sex and the City

It's been a while for me because of deadlines at work and all that good stuff, but I'm back in action! Check out the latest posts at Aural Examination on A Taste of Honey's "Twice as Sweet" LP and the...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:34:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: A tribute to singer Keith Barrow

Check out a special tribute to late R&B singer Keith Barrow at Aural Examination. It's a piece that's very important to me ... give it a read!More information would spoil the fun!http://auralexami...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 16:24:00 GMT

Aural Examination participates in 1988 blog project!

This week, writers Michael A. Gonzales and Donnell Alexander and bloggers Invisible Woman and your's truly participated in a blog project saluting the year 1988. Check out my entry for my musings on t...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:43:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: The Miracles and Madonna

This week at Aural Examination, check out a celebration of the 35th anniversary of "Renaissance," the first Miracles album not to feature Smokey Robinson, and a review of Madonna's latest effort, the ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 06:40:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: Stans, The Carpenters and Diana Ross

First, let me apologize for the delay in updates. I had big deadlines at work, school stuff and an ass-whooping case of allergies to deal with, so I got a bit distracted. But now thing are back in mot...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:05:00 GMT

At Aural Examination: Leona, Switch and "Mercedes Ladies"

Check out this week's posts on Leona Lewis' debut, classic Switch grooves and the novel "Mercedes Ladies," a fictionalized account of hip-hop's first all-female crew. As always, more info would spoil...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:08:00 GMT