THE SPINNERS: A SOULMUSIC RECORDS’ TRIUMPH… So….here we are with the first “DN Report” which I’ll be creating - as the muse takes me - as part of my Substack offerings. They were essentially a wrap-up of show reviews, the latest news on happenings in NYC and LA and other spots and I loved writing them! Every one ended with my initials, ‘DN’ as did hundreds and hundreds of articles and features I wrote for B&S and it has remained my ‘signature,’ although not used as often. Subsequently, when I began my decades-long tenure in New York and Los Angeles as the magazine’s US correspondent from 1975 on, my regular column for B&S went through a few name changes such as “Dateline USA” and “American Boogie” included. It brought to mind my earliest years in London writing for Blues & Soul and my very first regular columns for the magazine: the founder and editor John Abbey was really cool with me writing about whatever I wanted in the world of R&B and soul: I fondly recall the very first iteration, named after a Temptations’ 1972 tune, “Take A Look Around.” In wrapping up our chat, I said, “Well, that’s the DN report!” and in that moment, we both agreed that was a great ‘tag’ line for me to use for some of my Substack posts. In a conversation a few days ago with my longtime friend and colleague Najee, the award-winning musician and 2023 recipient of the United States Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award (whose tenure as an active recording, performing and touring artist spans over 35 years), I was reflecting on a few topics of mutual interest.
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