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Sade
Today’s Artist
Sade 1959-
Smooth operator.
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago.
Sade's voice is a velvet whisper that made arenas feel like living rooms. She stepped into a band that was not hers and stayed 40 years. She releases one album per decade, and each one is perfect. She never chased trends. She let the trends catch up to her. More on Sade →
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Who Did It Better
play Killing Me Softly
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Roberta Flack 1973
Roberta Flack
Lauryn Hill 1996
Lauryn Hill

Killing Me Softly 0:30 captures the vulnerability of being seen by a stranger. He is reading her diary out loud. Strumming her pain with his fingers, singing her life with his words. She cannot leave and cannot breathe.

A stranger found the words she never spoke and is singing them back. The exposure is not in being watched. It is in being understood by someone she has never met.

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Today’s Record
Family Affair
Don't need no hateration, holleration in this dancery
Let's get it perculatin' while you're waiting
Album art
Mary J. Blige

The party starts when the troubles stop. Leave your situations at the door. No drama allowed inside. Mary J. promises everybody will feel alright. Let loose and set your body free. A family affair means everybody is welcome and nobody gets judged.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art
Gil Scott-Heron
Lady Day and John Coltrane
Ever feel kind of down and out
You don't know just what to do?
A tribute to musical icons whose art provided solace during troubled times of unrest and uncertainty. The spoken-word delivery blends with jazz-inflected instrumentation to create a reflective mood throughout. These artists become symbols of healing through their timeless creative expressions and enduring spirits.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
Tammi Terrell was just 21 when diagnosed with a brain tumor mid-tour in 1969. She collapsed into Marvin Gaye's arms on stage at Farmville, Virginia -- her last live performance. She was 21. On stage, doing what she loved, and her body gave out in the arms of her duet partner. That image -- Marvin Gaye catching Tammi -- is one of the most tragic in soul history.
Soul in the Movies
Standing in the Shadows of Motown 2002
Standing in the Shadows of Motown The Funk Brothers played on more number one hits than the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, and Elvis combined. Standing in the Shadows of Motown finally told their story. Smokey Robinson's 'The Tracks of My Tears' -- one of theirs -- is the film's emotional anchor. Smokey wrote it. The Funk Brothers played it. The tracks of my tears. The Funk Brothers laid them down.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
Sade
Today’s Artist
Sade1959 –
Smooth operator. Coast to coast, LA to Chicago.
Sade's voice is a velvet whisper that made arenas feel like living rooms. She stepped into a band that was not hers and stayed 40 years. She releases one album per decade, and each one is perfect. She never chased trends. She let the trends catch up to her.
More on Sade →
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Who Did It Better
play Killing Me Softly 1973
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Roberta Flack Lauryn Hill

Killing Me Softly 0:30 captures the vulnerability of being seen by a stranger. He is reading her diary out loud. Strumming her pain with his fingers, singing her life with his words. She cannot leave and cannot breathe.

A stranger found the words she never spoke and is singing them back. The exposure is not in being watched. It is in being understood by someone she has never met.

Compare and vote →
Today’s Record
Family Affair 2000
Don't need no hateration, holleration in this dancery
Let's get it perculatin' while you're waiting
The party starts when the troubles stop. Leave your situations at the door. No drama allowed inside. Mary J. promises everybody will feel alright. Let loose and set your body free. A family affair means everybody is welcome and nobody gets judged.
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Today’s Theme
Dance-able
The DJ drops the needle and for the first three seconds there's nothing but a hi-hat and a bass drum......
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Soul in the Movies
Standing in the Shadows of Motown 2002
The Funk Brothers played on more number one hits than the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, and Elvis combined. Standing in the Shadows of Motown finally told their story. Smokey Robinson's 'The Tracks of My Tears' -- one of theirs -- is the film's emotional anchor. Smokey wrote it. The Funk Brothers played it. The tracks of my tears. The Funk Brothers laid them down.
You’re Kidding, Right
Tammi Terrell was just 21 when diagnosed with a brain tumor mid-tour in 1969. She collapsed into Marvin Gaye's arms on stage at Farmville, Virginia -- her last live performance. She was 21. On stage, doing what she loved, and her body gave out in the arms of her duet partner. That image -- Marvin Gaye catching Tammi -- is one of the most tragic in soul history.
Why We're Here
Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.
At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Take your shoes off. We got music on.
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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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