Teena Marie
17 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by David Nathan, SoulMusic.com, January 2010
Teena picks her favourite seven tracks from her own back catalogue, and selects three by other artists that mean the most to her.
File format: mp3; file size: 72mb; Interview length: 1h 18' 39"; sound quality: ***
List of articles in the library
Teena Marie: Lady T (Motown STML12130)
Review by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 28 June 1980
IT MUST be a while since Motown Records had two singles in the same Top 10, but Jermaine Jackson and Teena Marie cracked it for ...
Interview by Lloyd Bradley, Blues & Soul, 12 August 1980
ON THE west side of Los Angeles lies Venice, situated between LA proper and the ocean. Most of it is beach. ...
Teena Marie: Irons In The Fire (STML)
Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 21 October 1980
'I Need Your Lovin''; 'Young Love'; 'First Class Love'; 'Irons In The Fire'; 'Chains'; 'You Make Love Like Springtime'; 'Tune In Tomorrow'; 'You Make Love ...
Teena Marie: Groovin' With Confidence
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 27 December 1983
Teena Marie's debut set for Epic is a concept album. She tells B&S how Rick James built her confidence to try something new... ...
Review by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, November 1984
MARY CHRISTINE BROCKERT is a tiny white California gal who makes big, beautiful black music. Her speciality is exuberantly sassy and happy music for the ...
Review by Laura Fissinger, Record, February 1985
LIKE PRINCE, Teena Marie is her own producer, writer and arranger. Such autonomy is impressive considering Marie's age (mid-20s), gender and race. Her situation is ...
Teena Marie: Starchild (Epic EPC 26315)
Review by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 16 February 1985
WHAT SHE wants to do, and what singles buyers want her to do, are many miles apart for Teena Maria. She wants to get artistic ...
The Rick James Interview: The Buffalo Man Takes Aim...
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 9 July 1985
David Nathan conducts a very sober and enlightening interview with the former Wild Man of Funk whose drug and alcohol abuse took him to the ...
Teena Marie: Lovergirl on Parade!
Profile by Laura Fissinger, Creem, September 1985
FOR ALL THE extremely pleasurable flesh pleasures in her music, Teena Marie is devoutly religious. Up until 1985, she probably drew a lot of comfort ...
Teena Marie: Naked To The World (Epic LP/Cassette/CD)
Review by Mark Sinker, New Musical Express, 30 April 1988
THE WILD white girl of Motown (rtd.) links up with Rick James again, and reminds us of a whole slew of things we were forgetting ...
Teena Marie, Keith Sweat, The Deele: The Forum, Los Angeles, Calif.
Live Review by David Nathan, Billboard, 23 July 1988
WlTH ITS strong lineup of urban contemporary talent on display and its billing as "the hottest show of the summer," this event could hardly have ...
Teena Marie: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 27 April 1991
EVEN IF you frequent arthouse cinemas like others do toilets, sometimes you can't avoid the craving for glitzy Hollywood entertainment. By the same token, anyone ...
Interview by Chuck Eddy, Vibe, November 1994
R&B's honorary soul sister, Teena Marie, has a new album, her own label, and a beautiful daughter — it must be magic. ...
Interview by David Nathan, SoulMusic.com, 2004
SHE IS quite simply, one of a kind, a phenomenon of sorts in the world of soul music. For an amazing twenty-five years – since ...
Interview by David Nathan, SoulMusic.com, 2006
IT TAKES a certain 'something' to maintain a career with any sort of longevity in the music industry – more now than ever. Long gone ...
Interview by Amy Linden, XXL, September 2006
THERE'S NEVER been a funkier white girl than Teena Marie. With hits like 'Lovergirl', 'Square Biz' and 'Fire and Desire' – a duet with former ...
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