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View ArticleThomson: Jim Prentice working hard, but not on the environment
Brad Lamb, Toronto's "Condo King," has about $1 billion worth of development projects in the pipeline, from Ontario to Alberta. For an engineer-cum-realtor who only got serious about the development...
View ArticleRolling Stones To Get Back On Stage
Sir Mick Jagger has overcome a throat infection and plans to resume the ROLLING STONES' Australian tour in Sydney on Wednesday . The band's tour Down Under came to a halt last week after the frontman...
View ArticleXPN's Gotta Hear Song of the Week: "Firewalker" by Jungle Fire
Jungle Fire are 12 piece Afro/Latin/funk band comprised of musicians from the Los Angeles. Drawing on influences from such legends as Ray Camacho, Enrique Lynch, Ray Barretto, James Brown, Fela Kuti...
View ArticleOakville's Jordan John headlining HLF gala
In support of the Halton Learning Foundation's 2014-15 fundraising campaign, Jordan John, a graduate St. Ignatius of Loyola S.S. in Oakville, will perform at the HLF's 2014 Celebration Dinner at the...
View ArticleMick Jagger Criticised By L'wren Scott's Family Over Legal Battle
Sir Mick Jagger has come under fire from L'wren Scott 's relatives for filing an insurance claim for losses on the Rolling Stones ' tour following her death. The band cancelled a number of shows in...
View ArticleXPN's Gotta Hear Song of the Week: "Firewalker" by Jungle Fire
Jungle Fire are 12 piece Afro/Latin/funk band comprised of musicians from the Los Angeles. Drawing on influences from such legends as Ray Camacho, Enrique Lynch, Ray Barretto, James Brown, Fela Kuti...
View ArticleThe remaning bastion of soul
As the band's website rightly proclaims: "There aren't too many artists making soul music today who had a release in 1969." So why not take a trip back in time with Fields and his backing group, the...
View ArticleBoseman mission was to get into the soul of music legend
Horse-riding is a popular one, as is fake-playing musical instruments, and the occasional foray into a foreign language. Playing the lead in the new movie Get on Up, Chadwick Boseman acquired the...
View ArticleMovie cameras steal the soul
In a society where everyone's a celebrity or yearns to be one, regardless of talent or outstanding attributes, the status of the rock star is somewhat diminished. In a society where everyone's a...
View ArticleA new chapter begins at Bethel
A new chapter begins at Bethel Dr. Walter Butler is Bethel University's 40th president Check out this story on jacksonsun.com:...
View ArticleBruno Mars Struts, Sings & Gets His Hair Done in "Uptown Funk" Video
If you've missed seeing Bruno Mars in action, you'll be happy to hear he's got a new video out . It's for "Uptown Funk," the song he's done with super-producer Mark Ronson , from Ronson's upcoming...
View ArticleWatch Mick Jagger explain how he cast the iconic role of James Brown in Get...
Playing the Godfather of Soul on the big screen is no easy task, but executive producer Mick Jagger was convinced Chadwick Boseman could fill the part perfectly As biopics go, they don't get as funky...
View ArticleChadwick Boseman on breakthrough year: 'being a complete artist is what I'm...
Jackie Robinson was already 28 when he made history, a grown man who'd struggled and thrived in relative anonymity before he was handpicked to be the first African-American player in modern baseball....
View ArticleJames Brown biopic captures his soul: Get On Up is a pitch-perfect...
James Brown biopic captures his soul: Get On Up is a pitch-perfect story of a singer's life, writes BRIAN VINER This account of the life of James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul', is the very definition...
View ArticleMovie Review: Get On Up
This colourful biopic of the late 'Godfather of Soul' James Brown is a chaotic mixture of jumping time frames, with The Help's director Tate Taylor making the typical genre mistake of chewing on too...
View ArticleThe Nightfly: The Nightfly #2014.47 Hour 2 - November 24-30, 2014, Segment 1
In hour 1, we serve up a banquet of soul food, feature a set of far-out flute tunes, and toast our nearest primate relatives with James Brown bandleader JC Davis, King Curtis, and The Wooden Glass. In...
View ArticleJames Brown Estate In Limbo
A companion of music legend James Brown has requested an Aiken Court in South Carolina ban several of Brown's children from participating in hearings that will determine if Brown had a spouse when he...
View ArticleJames Brown biopic sings true
He's known as the Godfather of Soul but James Brown is credited with inspiring rap, hip-hop, funk and RnB as well. He's now the subject of a film biopic, Get On Up, made by the man some would describe...
View ArticleJames Brown biopic sings true
He's known as the Godfather of Soul but James Brown is credited with inspiring rap, hip-hop, funk and RnB as well. He's now the subject of a film biopic, Get On Up, made by the man some would describe...
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