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Today's topic D’Angelo on the Care Bear; a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first garnered attention after co-producing the single “You Will Know” for the R&B supergroup Black Men United.

Hello I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the Cat Bear. Let’s talk with D'Angelo's debut studio album Brown Sugar(1995), was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and received widespread aclaim from music critics who have credited the album for ushering in the neo-soul movement. It’s third single Lady reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It was in the good old R&B days when I heard D’Angelo’s single Lady. He was singing nothing but something good about his lady. If you weren't raised in the 90s, you might not understand and appreciate the music. D'Angelo was singing nothing but love and respect for his lady.

His next album, Voodoo (2000), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and continued to receive critical acclaim. The album's lead single Untitled (How Does It Feel), earned him the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance; likewise, Voodoo won Best R&B Album.

D'Angelo released his third studio album, Black Messiah, in 2014. The album was met with critical acclaim and peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200.



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Hello! I'm Gail nobles, and you’re listening to the Cat Bear. So what's happening in entertainment? I've been hearing some people say that it's boring and there's nothing to do. They’ll say that they have been sitting around watching CSI and Law and Order. There are several television shows about crime and investigation. Now there's something that comes on called LA Fire and Rescue. People still watch the game shows.

I like to watch PBS when they bring on the music of the 70s Soul Superstars performing and some of the documentaries too.

Each weekday morning, I'd like to turn over to the MeTV cartoons. I am so glad that they brought the tunes back and Saturday mornings feel like Saturday mornings again because of MeTV cartoons.

There's not much that I see going on in the entertainment news. Some of the greatest entertainers have passed away young and old. I always see Steve Harvey, Drake, P Diddy, in the headlines just to name a few. Sometimes I see Tyler Perry and Oprah.

I haven't seen many new faces. There could be a lot and I just don't know them and haven't seen them yet. There are a lot of people in the hip-hop news I don't know and never heard of them.

There is a lot of gossip about the celebrities online. I don't get into all that. I see it and don't see it.

I heard that Hollywood writers have been on strike a while now. I haven't been seeing many new movies lately. Anybody seen the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny? I've always loved Indiana Jones, and I would love to see the new movie. The last time I went to the movies I saw Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, I think it was.That was in 2019.
As far as TV, movies, and celebrities, things are not quite the same like it used to be.

I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening.


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Good evening everyone. It’s a hot day today. It feels as if the sun is getting closer to the earth. But today when I turn on the radio, I can tell that something is missing. The sound of the orchestra like in the 70s music. If you love disco, you know what I'm talking about. If you remember The Love Unlimited Orchestra, you know what I'm talking about. Just hearing instrumental sounds without vocals made you listen. A lot of big hits back in the 70s had the orchestra sound. Real musicians were behind the songs back then. What I'm talking about was real music. I don't hear the orchestra much in music today, and I'm not excited about dancing to today's music. There’s just something about orchestra music that is special.
Disco made you dance. In my opinion, it was the power of the orchestra. The music was powerful. You could feel the music. The music itself was the Baton conducting.

I'm Gail Nobles today's topic the orchestra.


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Things are getting hard for some podcasters. Especially for podcasters that are creating musically. They know how to make a podcast more than talk. Podcasting is supposed to be a variety of things. When it comes to music, things can be challenging.

I knew from the beginning that I couldnot play copyrighted music. So I chose to play the keyboard and make my own music. I choose the category music commentary. This podcast the Cat Bear is not really a music show like Casey Kasem's America's top 40. It is not radio. It is talk about musical artists and songs. It is not the record album. It is not the song that you hear on the radio playing, and I didn't think I would get as far as I have gotten because my podcast is not radio.

Outside from the Internet I have a few fans. They said they didn't want to hear talk. They wanted to hear music. One of my fans said: Girl, you better pull out that keyboard.

So I started making my own music for intros to start my podcast. I have tried to make my own jingles. I'll just say it's really been an experiment. First, I didn't want to spend time making music. I wanted to go ahead and just do the podcast because playing music and editing can be a lot of work. Then you have to write the things you say and all that. Those things take time, and you want to give the podcast company the best that you can give, and you want to give your audience your best.

So I have used royalty free music to speed things up sometimes. Using what’s already out there is good too. You’ll be helping others to be heard.

Talking about your favorite song and using your own music is good but each platform has its own rules and guidlines. Everybody’s worried about copyright. Then again, people are not worried about it. I read somewhere that Spotify lets you include music as part of the podcast as long as you are exclusively on Spotify. Things keep changing constantly. One day the answer may be yes, and another day the answer may be no.

If you have permission to play your favorite artist in your podcast, make sure you write in your notes ‘by permission.’ Some artist are under Creative Commons License. You might can play those artists, but I wouldn't monetize because like I said, things are always changing.

I'm Gail nobles and you listening to the Cat Bear.



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Hi I'm Gail Nobles, and today I want to talk about Aaliyah and fan art . There was so much talent and movies over the shoulders of Aaliyah waiting to be made. Fans can see all that she left behind her and what might would have been. She was taken which made her move out from it. And we can only imagine the creations she could have been a part of like the Matrix film which she started and did not finish.

Fans love to draw Aaliyah and make fanart. All the images of her by the artists are from the heart. Not something throwed together for fast money like some movie makers would do. The art of Aaliyah is a reflection of her bringing what she didn't and did do into action through paint on a canvas and more. Words can't describe the beauty of her like her fans.

I remember when I first saw a comic script poster of all Aaliyah. Whoever the artist was should have created more. The artist had a vision far beyond Aaliyah's death. I'm sure it made the artist feel close to her. The poster had Beddo Comis Group written across it. Itwas a poster giving special tribute to Aaliyah. I enjoyed seeing that poster and other art by Aaliyah's fans as well.

To all of the Aaliyah fans that are making fan art, keep up the awesome work and great talent. Wether it be on canvas with paint, whether it be computer animation, whether it be 3D, whether it be pencil, ink, crayons or watercolor, keep up the awesome work. To all the Aaliyah fans from all walks of life with different styles, keep it up...



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Hello I'm Gail Nobles and you listening to the Whitney soul podcast. Soul! Now that Whitney Houston had. Today we're going to talk about the gospel music Whitney. There is a gospel album out on Whitney titled I Go to the Rock. The album features 14 tracks, including six never-before-released songs, three of which culled from a 1981 recording session when Houston was just seventeen.

The compilation album celebrates Houston's deep roots in gospel music and showcases her talent, faith and passion for the genre. Included are renditions of classics "Jesus Loves Me", "I Love the Lord" and "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." I Go to the Rock features six new unreleased gospel tracks "He Can Use Me," "I Found a Wonderful Way" and "Testimony"; and Houston's live performances of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with singer CeCe Winans, "This Day" and "He/I Believe".

Released on March 24, 2023, I Go To The Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart dated April 8, 2023.
My favorite single on the album is I Go to the Rock written by legend Dottie Rambo. I loved and enjoyed seeing Whitney Houston perform it live in her living years.

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Lil Durk is a rapper. He is the lead member and founder of the collective and record label Only The Family. He has a single out titled All My Life featuring J. Cole. He said in the lyrics: All my life they have been trying to keep me down.

Lil Durk has a message. He has released a rap song that means something. It’s a rap song that a lot of people probably can relate to. Those that grew up thinking they were nothing because nobody encouraged them to be something or to have something. Those that help people in life always putting them down.

Lil Durk is telling you in so many words that you can be successful. You’ve got to hear his rap because he's telling you how he was put down and how he made it. Thy’ve been trying to keep him down, and he never thought he would make it out. So be sure to listen to Lil Durk”s single All My Life, and check out the video on YouTube.

I”m Gail Nobles. Today’s topic: Lil Durk.



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Good evening everyone! This is Cat Bear news. I just want to say that there are a lot of entertainers that may have been around for a long time that I've never heard of. I’m more into the old-school. The ones I think that are the very best.

I want to talk about a rapper and singer best known for his December 2015 debut single Panda which top the Billboard hot 100. His name is Desiigner. I think I've heard the song before, but I didn't know who I was listening to and what was being said. So I had to read the lyrics. Desiigner can rap so fast. He raps faster than any other rappers that I know. But after his single Panda gained viral status online, he was briefly signed to DEF Jam Recordings and Kanye West’s GOOD Music until becoming an independent artist in 2019.

In July 2016, he released the follow up single Timmy Turner which peaked at number 34 on the Billboard hot 100. Desiigner is frequently described as a one hit wonder. But he might not be. According to the news, Desiigner is back with a fresh new single. The single is titled Young and Ballin. I think it's a better single. It all depends on your taste in music and what you like. So give it a listen. Young and Ballin by Desiigner. I'm Gail Nobles. Today’s topic: Desiigner.

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Good evening everyone! I'm Gail Nobles! It was around 1978 when I heard Shalamar song Take That To The Bank. It was written by K. Spencer and L. Silvers. The song was released in the good old days.

My mama and daddy had a big old giant glass jar, and they saved a lot of nickels, dimes, quarters, and some dollars too. In the jar, it was a heavy glass jar when it was full. During that time I was a child and didn't know what going to the bank was all about. Today, people put their money in the bank. I saw more people in the old days saving money at home. I don't see it quite as much today like I did then. People break in homes and steal so much. Now I see more people taking their money to the bank. I hardly see nickels, dimes, and quarters laying around when I go to someone's house. Today I don't see the Kennedy half dollar or the big silver dollars anymore. Dwight Eisenhower was on the big silver dollar. Money is on a credit card now or spent. Today we have online banks.

Getting back to Shalamar’s song Take That To The Bank, their song is the song I think of when I think of going to the bank. The song is you a unique song the lyrics are about money and love. Shalamar was singing about the things of relationship and life. Some hold that dollar tight, and they take that to the bank. This has been an explanation moment.

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Leon Bridges! Tickets, tour dates, and concerts. He may be coming to a city near you. Leon Bridges is a soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. You may know him by his debut album titled, Coming Home which was released on June 23, 2015 on Columbia Records nominated for best R&B album at the 58th Annual Grammy awards.


I remember that album. It’s one that I can't forget. Leon brought back that all style of music. That soulful R&B style. The style that many of us still love. He’s what I call the new retro. That’s right! The new retro! Leon is Leon soul. He’s the mixture style of the new and old. He’s just like gold.

Coming Home received generally positive reviews from critics and charted at number six on the US Billboard 200. It was nominated for best R&B album at the 2016 Grammy Awards.

He’s got other albums that he made too. Good Thing (2018). Gold Diggers from 2021. Texas moon (2022) just to name a few.

There are some concert updates on Leon Bridges. On August 5 through August 6, he will be in San Diego California . August 12, Seattle Washington. To learn more, go to Leonbridges.com.


I'm Gail Nobles. Today’s topic: Leon Bridges.

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