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Can A Payday Loan Work For You? By Martin Sumner It's far from uncommon for people to find themselves short of ready cash towards the end of the month. Unexpected expenses, unanticipated repair bills, a temporary dip in income, even a moment of weakness leading to excessive spending - all of these can conspire to mean that your money runs out completely some time before your next payday, leaving a cash gap that you need to negotiate somehow.
Since time immemorial there have been facilities available to help people get through lean times, from traditional pawn shops and check cashing services right back to the biblical money lenders. Today's widely hyped solution to the month end cash crunch is the online payday loan, which is often touted as the perfect solution to the problem. But is this really the case?
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It's true enough that they're pretty expensive, with a flat fee of maybe 20% or so charged for each loan, but when you compare this to the costs of missing a credit card payment or going overdrawn at the bank without previous authorization, then this could well be a price worth paying.
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<em>Calling all ballroom dancers, hustlers and steppers, join Ali Woodson formerly of The Temptations and Shirley Jones of The Jones for an Ol' School House Party, Concert and Dance celebrating Black Music Month.</em>
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<strong><img src="/files/images/albums2/dianne_reeves-when-you.jpg" hspace="5" width="110" height="110" align="left" /><a href="/dianne_reeves">Dianne Reeves</a> </strong>is without a doubt one of the greatest singers of modern times. Her albums have shown an ability as a song stylist that is second to none, as she's combined her unique phrasing with strong jazzy underpinnings.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.soultracks.com/~r/st-news/~4/290105864" height="1" width="1"/> Peter Hadar readies sophomore disc <p><img src="/files/images/artist2/PeterHadar08.png" alt="Peter Hadar" hspace="5" vspace="4" width="200" height="200" align="left" />Singer/songwriter <strong><a href="/peter_hadar.htm">Peter Hadar</a> </strong>is putting the finishing touches on his second album, due June 3 on his Cool Weirdo records.<strong> </strong><strong> </strong> </p>
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Cassandra Wilson never had a problem with expanding size and scope of what is considered a standard entry to the Great American Songbook. On a Wilson record, the canon includes pop songs such as "Time After Time," and the blues and gospel songs that Wilson heard growing up in Mississippi.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.soultracks.com/~r/st-news/~4/288666911" height="1" width="1"/> Simone - Simone on Simone I admit upfront, I'm biased. I first met Simone (then, Lisa Celeste Stroud) when she was four years old: a mere teenager, I was at London's Heathrow Airport to meet her mother and father on their first visit to Britain. Mother was the woman for whom I had formed the first UK appreciation society, father her husband and manager. Many years later, I attended a show at the House Of Blues by a Chicago-based group known as Liquid Soul, fronted by Lisa, now professionally known as Simone. We briefly talked and I reminded her of my connection with her Mom. Fast forward a few more years and
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<img src="/files/images/artists/ltd.jpg" hspace="5" width="300" height="298" align="left" />James Davis (JD), the keyboardist and music director of long time soul music favorites LTD (Love Togetherness and Devotion) died on May 1, 2008. During its heyday, LTD was one of the most popular R&B acts in the world, with hits like "Back In Love Again" and "Love Ballad." The group reunited a couple years ago and has been readying the release of its first new album in two decades. Davis was part of the reunited group. He will be missed.
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<img src="/files/images/artist2/ShelleyNicole.jpg" alt="shelley" title="shelley" hspace="6" width="200" height="240" align="left" />To say <strong>Shelley Nicole</strong> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/blakbushe">http://www.myspace.com/blakbushe</a> brings fire with each and every performance is an understatement. Her band Shelley Nicole's Blakbushe rocks, funks and brings soul with such a high energy that their fans are sent home buzzing from that energy after shows. <br />
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Seeming to spring into the consciousness of soulheads around the US a couple years ago, Nashville singer Darnell Levine turned quite a few heads with his debut CD, <strong><em>We Gon' Use What We Got.</em></strong> Bearing obvious comparisons to Bobby McFerrin, Levine combined solid songwriting with a multi-layered, sometimes ostentatious, vocal performance that gave him a mild underground hit disc -- enough, at least, to make his name recognizable as he played gigs East of the Mississippi.
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Why do white performers of traditionally black music feel compelled to bring something back that nobody knew was missing? Clairvoyant to a fault, these sacrificial lambs always seem to be out to help those less fortunate while also enriching their bankrol-uhm...<em>soul</em>.
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There are a handful of R&B and soul voices that still maintain a loyal following long after the artist's season of steady hit making has passed. Artists such as Peabo Bryson and Patti LaBelle have had enduring careers by venturing out into different musical terrain to capture new audiences while still staying true to their base. With the release of her debut gospel album, <strong><em>Love Forever Shines</em></strong>, singer Regina Belle shows us why she is among this elite rank of soul survivors.
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<img src="/files/images/artist2/Renee_Sebastian.jpg" hspace="6" width="220" height="220" align="left" /><strong><a href="/renee_sebastian">Renee Sebastian</a></strong> is a progressive artist who melts her sound with Pop, Jazz, Hip Hop and Soul whilemaintaining a singer/songwriters credibility. Her powerful voice and presence on stage has been winning fans at every show. Renee has released an EP titled "Mrs. Sebastian" which has been getting rave reviews. <br />
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In the early 80s, former Miracles lead singer Billy Griffin was hitting his stride, teaming with John Barnes for a pair of excellent soulful dance albums (<em><strong>Be With Me</strong> </em>and <em><strong>Respect</strong></em>) that largely anticipated what Barnes would do a couple years later working with Michael Jackson on <strong><em>Thriller</em></strong>. The UK flocked to Griffin's brilliant single, "Hold Me Tighter In the Rain," but the two discs were criminally ignored by US radio, save some minor attention paid to the 1982 single "Serious."
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