Eddie Murphy Returns To SNL, Sort Of
Despite not having appeared on Saturday Night Live since leaving the cast in 1984, famed comedian Eddie Murphy left a string of memorable sketches including his version of James Brown, Gumby, Buckwheat...
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A song written by Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band is to be released on Sunday by Scottish band James Brown is Annie . It was produced by another co-founder of Average White Band, Molly Duncan and...
View ArticleTestone returns to Charleston
For her newest project, funk-rock, soul vocalist Elise Testone relocated to New York City from Charleston to be closer to her guitarist, Adam Fallen.
View ArticleKnoxville radio station 'feels good' about Jamesa
February is Black History Month, and one Knoxville radio station with legendary beginnings celebrates African American music and culture. WJBE stands Knoxville radio station 'feels good' about James...
View ArticleChurch members sad to hear of demolition of original Trinity C.M.E. Church
News 12 First at Five / Monday, February 16, 2015 AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The days are numbered for a church with connections to slavery and even the Godfather of Soul.
View ArticleHeart vs Head: International Indy Soul Artist J'Da Prynce
PRLog - Feb. 19, 2015 - ATLANTA -- Al Green ... James Brown ...the kings of Soul are gone, but not forgotten. For those who thought soul music was dead, a new generation of artists, born at the dawn of...
View ArticleSoul revival: Behind Charles Bradley's success is 50 years of struggle
When his sister took him to Harlem's famed Apollo Theater to see James Brown in the early 1960s, a teenage Bradley made a snap decision -- this was the life for him. But only after spending decades as...
View ArticleSammie Relford Gives It One More Shot
Sammie Relford is making another comeback. The soul singer once enjoyed a long run as one of Houston's most recognizable and popular entertainers, drawing comparisons to past R&B greats from James...
View ArticleChadwick Boseman stars as James Brown in "Get on Up" on Feb. 24 at...
The film "Get on Up," which chronicles James Brown's rise from extreme poverty in Jim Crow Georgia to musical icon, screens at Salem-Panola Library on Feb. 24. Show time is 4:30 p.m. for the 2014 drama...
View Article"Don't Wanna Fight"
The alluringly murky production on the Shakes' new cut evokes the kind of schmutz-caked soul 45 you might discover in a rural junk shop that also sells M-80 explosives and candied hog jowls - the...
View ArticleCover Alert: Critt's Juke Joint @ DBGB (Feat. Kim Manning) - Sex Machine
The last installment of the Organic James Brown Concert Series at DBGB's in Buffalo, NY on Feb. 15th, 2015 featuring Kim Manning, Preech Freedom, Eric Crittenden, Zuri Appleby, Mike diSanto, Deshawn D...
View ArticleBlood Sweat and Tears' Child is Father to the Man remains often-overlooked...
This album doesn't represent Blood Sweat and Tears' commercial high point, so much as its often underrated innovative peak. Child is Father to the Man, released on Feb. 21, 1968 - and recently released...
View ArticleSt. Paul and the Broken Bones turn Vancouver's Rickshaw into a revival tent
Not to offend a Pentecostal Alabaman raised in a devoutly religious home, but what in the great holy hell was going on at the Rickshaw last Thursday night? To watch St. Paul and the Broken Bones was to...
View Article'The Voice' Recap Adam finally gets artists on his team
Artist-less no more. On Tuesday night, Adam Levine finally found some contestants to coach on Season 8 of "The Voice."
View ArticlePrichard goes Hollywood, 'Hayride 2' rolls on, and a 'Twilight' hunk hits...
In this week's Mobile movie news, Prichard goes Hollywood, a locally made horror flick conquers the country, and a "Twilight" hottie hits the Port City. The Shaw High School and University of South...
View ArticleClyde Stubblefield: Samples of Funk
Every musical generation tends to put forth a handful of "star players" within any given genre. Whether it be Los Angeles ' Wrecking Crew or Motown's Funk Brothers , certain cliques of industry...
View ArticleAlabama Shakes' Brittany Howard dials up 'Roller Rink Nostalgia' playlist;...
If the whole gold-record selling, amphitheater-headlining, "Saturday Night Live"-performing band thing ever tanks, Brittany Howard would make a killer roller-rink deejay. The Alabama Shakes singer has...
View ArticleSympathy For The Devils
It's been five years since Kanye West raised his glass to "the a - holes" in the song " Runaway ," a poetic taxonomy of bad behavior that formed the emotional center of his masterwork My Beautiful Dark...
View ArticleCourt Halts Proceedings in James Brown Estate
I have previously discussed the ongoing estate battle between soul singer James Brown, and his alleged wife Tommie Rae Hynie. The South Carolina Supreme Court has now ordered Aiken County court...
View ArticleAlabama Shakes Bring New 'Sound & Color' Tracks to 'SNL'
In Rolling Stone 's review of "Don't Wanna Fight," we compared the track to James Brown's "Cold Sweat," but lead singer Brittany Howard hinted at another inspiration by wearing earrings bearing...
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