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Denise LaSalle
Today’s Artist
Denise LaSalle 1939-2018 (79)
Trapped by a thing called love,
and I can't get free.
Denise LaSalle sang Southern soul-blues with a sharp tongue and a warm heart. She wrote her own songs, ran her own label, and never let the industry tell her what to say. A true independent force in soul. More on Denise LaSalle →
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Who Did It Better
play Lovely Day
When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
Bill Withers 1977
Bill Withers
Luther Vandross 1994
Luther Vandross

Lovely Day 0:30 is a meditation on the simple pleasure of waking up next to someone who changes the light. The sunlight hurts his eyes but the person beside him makes everything worth facing. A small moment stretched into a whole song.

The repetition is not filler. It is a man checking in with himself and confirming the same good news every time. The feeling holds. The day is lovely because she is in it.

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Today’s Record
Waterfalls
Don't go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
Album art
TLC

A mother watches her son slip away. He sells drugs. Makes money the wrong way. Another body in the gutter. A young man chases a woman whose love destroys him. Health fades. The mirror shows a stranger. Waterfalls drown you.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1994
R. Kelly
Bump N' Grind
I don't see nothing wrong
With a little bump and grind
He does not see a problem with casual pleasure. She knows what he wants. No games. No pretending. Honest about his intentions. That directness is rare in this world. Some people appreciate not being lied to about what might happen later tonight.
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Today’s Theme
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You’re Kidding, Right
John Lee Hooker built his entire career on one-chord boogie songs like 'Boogie Chillen.' John Lee Hooker didn't care about chord changes -- he played what his gut felt and made the guitar sound like a heartbeat. You don't need fancy theory when every note you play feels like the only note that ever mattered.
Soul in the Movies
The Five Heartbeats 1991
The Five Heartbeats Robert Townsend directed and starred in The Five Heartbeats, a fictionalized history of a vocal group spanning three decades -- loosely based on The Dells, The Temptations, and every harmony group that ever got chewed up by the industry. The Dells' 'A Heart Is a House for Love' is the film's emotional center. A heart is a house for love. The Five Heartbeats built it.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

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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.
Denise LaSalle
Today’s Artist
Denise LaSalle1939 – 2018
Trapped by a thing called love, and I can't get free.
Denise LaSalle sang Southern soul-blues with a sharp tongue and a warm heart. She wrote her own songs, ran her own label, and never let the industry tell her what to say. A true independent force in soul.
More on Denise LaSalle →
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Who Did It Better
play Lovely Day 1977
When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
Bill Withers Luther Vandross

Lovely Day 0:30 is a meditation on the simple pleasure of waking up next to someone who changes the light. The sunlight hurts his eyes but the person beside him makes everything worth facing. A small moment stretched into a whole song.

The repetition is not filler. It is a man checking in with himself and confirming the same good news every time. The feeling holds. The day is lovely because she is in it.

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Today’s Record
Waterfalls 1995
Don't go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
A mother watches her son slip away. He sells drugs. Makes money the wrong way. Another body in the gutter. A young man chases a woman whose love destroys him. Health fades. The mirror shows a stranger. Waterfalls drown you.
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Today’s Theme
Prayer Meeting
Prayer Meeting -- not the Sunday morning service. The Wednesday night gathering, the one where the w...
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Soul in the Movies
The Five Heartbeats 1991
Robert Townsend directed and starred in The Five Heartbeats, a fictionalized history of a vocal group spanning three decades -- loosely based on The Dells, The Temptations, and every harmony group that ever got chewed up by the industry. The Dells' 'A Heart Is a House for Love' is the film's emotional center. A heart is a house for love. The Five Heartbeats built it.
You’re Kidding, Right
John Lee Hooker built his entire career on one-chord boogie songs like 'Boogie Chillen.' John Lee Hooker didn't care about chord changes -- he played what his gut felt and made the guitar sound like a heartbeat. You don't need fancy theory when every note you play feels like the only note that ever mattered.
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.
 · About  · Privacy  · Sunday  ·   · 

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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