John Legend
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John Legend: Get Lifted (Sony BMG)
Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, January 2005
WHILE R&B and hip hop albums are notoriously hit and miss in the quality stakes, for the last six years at least, there has been ...
John Legend: Mr. Legend Comes to Town
Profile and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, September 2006
IT'S A MUGGY day and John Legend is trying his best to stay cool. The gifted American soul singer is in a Toronto Baptist church ...
Review by Mark Kemp, Paste, 12 December 2006
SOPHOMORE SLUMP? What sophomore slump? On the follow-up to Get Lifted, the Grammy-winning multi-platinum debut from John Legend, the one-time session man chucks the simple ...
Guide by Kandia Crazy Horse, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 12 December 2006
JAMES TAYLOR'S early-'70s status as the king of sensitive male vocalists is mere VH1 countdown fodder now. Yet in 2006, more than a few male ...
John Legend: Soul Food For Thought
Interview by Angus Batey, The Guardian, 20 June 2007
Feted by everyone from Kanye West to Paul McCartney, John Legend could easily rest on his laurels. But the cerebral singer/producer tells Angus Batey he's ...
"Don't blame hip-hop for everything that's wrong in the world," says John Legend
Profile and Interview by Angus Batey, Daily Mail, 19 July 2008
"A LOT OF THESE places are disappearing," says John Legend with a rueful smile. He is sitting at a grand piano in the middle of ...
John Legend: Why His Name Is Legend
Interview by Jude Rogers, The Observer, 19 October 2008
Barack Obama is a fan of soul star John Legend, and Estelle was his protégée. Jude Rogers speaks to him in the UK for the ...
John Legend: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 13 March 2009
AS befits a singer who decided that his original surname, Stephens, didn't capture his essence, John Legend precedes his entrance with black-and-white footage of himself ...
John Legend and the Roots: Wake Up!
Review by Lloyd Bradley, bbc.co.uk, 21 September 2010
A masterclass in how to respectfully update and enhance classic music. ...
John Legend and the Roots: Hearts, Minds and Soul
Report and Interview by Angus Batey, The Guardian, 19 October 2010
John Legend and the Roots' album of '60s and '70s protest songs is no mere history lesson – it's an open letter to a divided ...
John Legend: Eventim Apollo, London W6
Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 15 October 2014
EARLY IN THIS sickly-slick show, John Legend started to tell his life story. Talking and tinkling the ivories, supper club-style, wearing a cream blazer over ...
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