Urban Music Scene - Reviews Love Changes

Not since New Edition has there been a major force in the R&B field, coming out of Boston, MA. At the age of 9, her talents were revealed and yet she has kept her dream alive by doing what she does well...Sing. She has opened for Jean Carne, Andre Ward, and Regina Belle. She takes her inspiration from God and her family and is easily influenced by the voices of Yolanda Adams, Teena Marie, Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston. Her style clearly reflects the influences that she describes. Her name is Lori Dow and her latest effort is aptly titled "Love Changes."

For this independent artist and executive producer, Lori has put together a CD that embodies the soul, which we all have been waiting to hear. The sultry, lucid voice will have you clinging for more. Remember the albums back in 80's that were not considered new jack swing? Anita Baker (Rapture), Stephanie Mills (If I were your Woman) and many more? This CD reminds me of that kind of vibe, but with an updated sound.

Lori does a beautiful job on cover songs, "He loves me" (Jill Scott) with a spoken word by Omekongo Dibinga, and "Love no limit" (Mary J.Blige) with a touch of jazz with saxophone great, Curtis Warren.  The title song "Love Changes" is a smooth mid-tempo song with a catchy hook that had me singing. Other mid-tempo songs are "Patience", "Can't Nobody", "Love Again", & "I Love The Way" featuring rap sensation Omega Red. Lori also slows it down with "Until I Found You (A song written by Lori Dow and Terry Gresham)", "Make Time", "Heaven Only Knows", and the gospel song "Dear Lord" written by Lori Dow and gospel artist Montez Cardwell, who is also featured on this track.

Serving as executive producer Lori Dow along with Producer Felix Mwangi of 12^th Note Productions - (Lori's producer and owner of the studio where she recorded this project), they have put together a magnificent team of writers and musicians to convey the musical message from paper to cd. This CD has been in rotation since I received it and also has been getting quite a bit of airplay in the United Kingdom. Solarradio.com and many others radio stations in the UK  have played this cd so much that is has gained the number 5 spot on the Sweet Rhythms Charts. (Just in - Her CD is now 1 in the U.K.!! 9/2/08)

I've enjoyed every song on this cd and I'm sure you will as well. Some of you might want to call it Neo-soul because of the rap and spoken word, but it's not Neo-soul - it's just good R&B music.

You can find this album for song samples & purchase at CDBaby!

Marv D
The Urban Music Scene

Lori Dow - Love No Limit review

I'm about to make a very big call on this one; I actually prefer Lori's cover to Mary J Blige's original. It retains the slick groove of the original, but, for me, Dow's vocals are lighter and fresher, and the harmonies accentuate, rather than overpower the lyric. Whilst die-hard MJB fans may disagree, the hints of The Brand New Heavies and Jill Scott take this track to a new level for me. Definitely worth a listen, and certainly one of my new favorites! (PG)

Phil – Soul Unsigned.com

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Congratulations! Our tabulations of purchases for the month of August are in, and you (or an artist you are affiliated with) are in or are "bubbling under" the new SoulTracks Top 10 albums chart.  Our top 10 is calculated by "click through" purchases at Amazon.com and CD Baby or via our CD of the Month.  The new top 10 has now been posted at http://www.soultracks.com/top10.  Feel free to use your chart position in any way that will help promote your project.  The new charting period will begin tomorrow, so let your fans know to make purchases through click-throughs from our site (so that we can track them) during the coming month.   Again, congratulations!

With more than 1 millon hits and hundreds of thousands of listeners worldwide, I'm quite proud of all the good press that Love Changes has received thus far in the United Kingdom.  Thank you SOULCHOONZ and SOLAR RADIO! Listen in and hear what UK radio is all about!  You won't be dissappointed. Read the review on www.soulchoonz.com or listen in to solar radio at www.solarradio.com.

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THE SOLAR SWEET RHYTHM CHART W/E 9/1/2008

1...............3-LALAH HATHAWAY CD SELF PORTRAIT FASTASY

2...............1-ROBIN THICKE 12" MAGIC STAR TRAK(6WKS)

3...............3-MARC EVANS 7"SINGLE THIS THING CALLED LOVE - P&M SOULCHOONZ/
DEFECTED

4...............5-NOEL GOURDIN CD AFTER MY TIME EPIC

5...............7-LORI DOW CD LOVE CHANGES P&M SOULCHOONZ

6...............4-SOPHIA NELSON CD WOMAN IN LOVE P&M
SOULCHOONZ - HARMONIE PRODUCTIONS

7...............6-CHANTE MOORE CD LOVE THE WOMAN CONCORD

8...............10-TEDDY PENDERGRASS/MELBA MOORE/ MY PEOPLE CD WHERE I FIND
MY PEOPLE OFF THE PRODUCTION

9...............9-SABRINA MALHEIROS CD NEW MORNING FAR OUT

10NEW-PHIL PERRY CD READY FOR LOVE SHANACHIE

11..............25-DON-E CD NATURAL PROMO RELEASED ON DOME (RELEASE DATE
AUGUST 25)

12NEW-LEON WARE CD MOON RIDE STAX

13..............26-RAZZBERRY CD BE YOURSELF DENISE HIRSCHEY

14..............12-DWELE CD SKETCHES OF A MAN KOCH

15..............14-ERIC BENET YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE P&M SOULCHOONZ

16..............17-JENNIFER HUDSON SINGLE SPOTLIGHT ARISTA

17..............21-DAVE HOLLISTER CD WITNESS PROTECTION GOSPOCENTRIC

18..............22-JAZZINVADERS CD BLOW SOCIAL

19RE-ENTRY CD VARIOUS NEW SOUL WOMAN EXPANSION

20..............24-HIL ST SOUL CD BLACK ROSE SHANCHIE

21..............16-OMAR CUNNINGHAM CD TIME SERVED P&M SOULCHOONZ - SOUL1ST

22..............30-STEPHANIE McKAY CD TELL IT LIKE IT IS ASTRALWERKS

23..............23-ANGIE WHITNEY CD THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT LITTLE
DIZZY

24..............28-NICK VAN GELDER CD CHOOSE MUSIC BBE

25..............11-THE SUNBURST BAND CD MOVING WITH THE SHAKERS ZRECORDS(7WKS
AT NO.1

26..............20-ENTRY DALMINJO CD I'LL WAIT PROMO

27NEW-COLBY O'DONIS DON'T TURN BACK GEFFEN

28..............29KLOUD 9 CD STEP PROMO

29------NEW-MARIAH CAREY 12"I'LL BE LOVING YOU ISLAND

30..............30-INCOGNITO CD TALES FROM THE BEACH DOME

30------RE-ENTRY-SERGIO MENDES CD ENCANTO CONCORD

30NEW-EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING CD OPEN BOOK RNB

Playlist from the Soul Unsigned show on MRS 90.5FM (Stockholm, Sweden) on August 15th!

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THE SOLAR SWEET RHYTHM CHART W/E 8/18/08 1...............1-ROBIN THICKE 12" MAGIC STAR TRAK(6WKS) 2...............9-MARC EVANS 7"SINGLE THIS THING CALLED LOVE - P&M SOULCHOONZ/ DEFECTED 3...............3-LALAH HATHAWAY CD SELF PORTRAIT FASTASY 4...............2-SOPHIA NELSON CD WOMAN IN LOVE P&M SOULCHOONZ - HARMONIE PRODUCTIONS 5...............20-NOEL GOURDIN CD AFTER MY TIME EPIC 6...............12-CHANTE MOORE CD LOVE THE WOMAN CONCORD 7...............8-LORI DOW CD LOVE CHANGES P&M SOULCHOONZ 8...............13-CALVIN RICHARDSON CD WHEN LOVE COMES PROPER 9...............7-SABRINA MALHEIROS CD NEW MORNING FAR OUT 10.............10-TEDDY PENDERGRASS/MELBA MOORE/ MY PEOPLE CD WHERE I FIND MY PEOPLE OFF THE PRODUCTION 11..............5-THE SUNBURST BAND CD MOVING WITH THE SHAKERS ZRECORDS(7WKS AT NO.1 12..............11-DWELE CD SKETCHES OF A MAN KOCH 13..............4-JIMMY ABNEY CD RETURN TO FOREVER PHANTON SOUND & VISION 14..............6-ERIC BENET YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE P&M SOULCHOONZ 15..............15-TOUCH OF NEW YORK CD TOUCH OF NEW YORK P&M SOULCHOONZ 16..............14-OMAR CUNNINGHAM CD TIME SERVED P&M SOULCHOONZ - SOUL1ST 17..............17-JENNIFER HUDSON SINGLE SPOTLIGHT ARISTA 18..............22-BUFORD POWERS CD ECLECTIC BABY BATH PRODUCTIONS 19RE-ENTRY-AL GREEN CD LAY IT DOWN BLUE NOTE 20..............16-ENTRY DALMINJO CD I'LL WAIT PROMO 21NEW-DAVE HOLLISTER CD WITNESS PROTECTION GOSPOCENTRIC 22..............28-JAZZINVADERS CD BLOW SOCIAL 23..............24-ANGIE WHITNEY CD THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT LITTLE DIZZY 24..............30-HIL ST SOUL CD BLACK ROSE SHANCHIE 25..............18-DON-E CD NATURAL PROMO RELEASED ON DOME (RELEASE DATE AUGUST 25) 26NEW-RAZZBERRY CD BE YOURSELF DENISE HIRSCHEY 27RE-ENTRY-ASHANTI MUNIR CD BALANCE P&M SOULCHOONZ 28NEW-NICK VAN GELDER CD CHOOSE MUSIC BBE 29RE-ENTRY-KLOUD 9 CD STEP PROMO 30..............19-STEPHANIE McKAY CD TELL IT LIKE IT IS ASTRALWERKS 30..............21 USHER CD HERE I STAND JIVE 30..............26-ENTRY VARIOUS CD STREET SOUL PROMO 30RE-ENTRY-INCOGNITO CD TALES FROM THE BEACH DOME

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Soul Walking  - Music Review

Lori Dow and Mose Stovall are two further artists that owe a great big thank you to Di-Lee and the Soulchoonz folks. Both release fine albums for the label, and both of which I can heartily recommend to you guys. Lori Dow hails from the Boston Area, where she can be seen performing regularly live. Her first album was called 'Unconditionally Yours', and earned her an Urban Music Award in 2006. Now with Soulchoonz in the U.K., the woman returns from the recording studio with 'Love Changes' tucked under her arm. Of the songs on offer, Lori's take on Mary J's 'Love No Limit' is borrowed, and made very much the woman's own. 'Love Again' is bright and breezy, the title track is another very nice stepper and 'Dear Lord' reminded me very much of Teena Marie at her mid tempo finest. My personal favourite in Lori's latest songbook is 'Until I Found You'. Something personal within this song I suspect. Comes across that way, and is the pick of this fine bunch overall in my eyes....sorry ears! LOL. Recommended.

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