Sale's got Soul - evening of pop classics at the Waterside
THE Waterside Arts Centre is about to serve up a mouth watering feast of pop classics in its Soul Legends Show. Icons of the genre will be featured in the performance, from Aretha Franklin and James...
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The musical biopic: a genre populated by performances from the Oscar-winning to the execrable, taking us into the fascinating pasts of our favourite stars, with a healthy selection of classic tunes and...
View ArticleTV Tonight, April 5: Mad Men returns
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View ArticleTurn On Some Music: Here Are The Best (& Most Interesting) Marvin...
Home >> Entertainment >> Turn On Some Music: Here Are The Best Marvin Gaye Samples In Honor Of The Legend's Birthday Much like James Brown and Gil Scott Heron , his work has helped shaped...
View ArticleFrom the archives: Review of Prince's 1984 tour kickoff
Prince kicked off his Purple Rain tour with a seven-night stand at Joe Louis Arena, and The Detroit News was there From the archives: Review of Prince's 1984 tour kickoff Prince kicked off his Purple...
View ArticleSinatra's story told on HBO
All of Frank Sinatra's nicknames speak to the sense of authority that made him one of the 20th century's greatest entertainers. But in a 1971 concert at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre - a show billed as...
View ArticleJagger: Empire's a really good show
The Rolling Stones frontman produced a feature film and documentary about the singer James Brown last year. But as well as enjoying being behind the scenes on something like that, Mick likes to keep an...
View ArticlePoets for Chuy: Creative Work + Creative Action
On March 13, 2015, Poets for Chuy brought together writers from across Chicago's neighborhoods and aesthetics to support Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia's progressive campaign for mayor of Chicago. Chuy himself...
View ArticleCourt to review Brown estate
On Feb. 17 former trustee Adele Pope of Newberry filed a petition for writ of certiorari that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review orders related to Brown's marital status and the impact those orders...
View ArticleListen to Marcus Ardoin and Da Zydeco Legendz and Rockin' Dopsie Jr....
Marcus Ardoin and Da Zydeco Legendz and Rockin' Dopsie Jr. and The Zydeco Twisters played a rousing, high energy live concert for WXPN's Zydeco Crossroads at World Cafe Live on Thursday, April 2nd....
View ArticleOtis Redding - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag / Direct Me
Of the many versions of this song, covered by many of the finest soul singers of the sixties, this is just about the best. I am not really sure why the song should be such a success as it has some of...
View ArticleSoul Legends, Grand Opera House, York, October 8
JAKI Graham will be the special guest in the Soul Legends show at the Grand Opera House, York, on October 8. This is a new soul revue from the producers of The Magic Of Motown and it carries the...
View ArticleEddie Murphy to receive Kennedy Centera s 2015 Mark Twain Prize
Eddie Murphy, known for his sharp comic observations and salty language, will receive the Kennedy Center's 2015 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Murphy will be honored with the 18th-annual prize at...
View ArticleCharles Bradley presides over soulful final set of Baton Rouge Blues Festival...
It wasn't until the Golden Eagle of Soul poured forth his love for Baton Rouge that it finally started to rain. Charles Bradley raised his arms to swim backwards, basking in the blue and pink lights...
View Article5 shows you shouldn't miss at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2015
Bradley's story is one of those beautiful but rare ones in music . He was abandoned by his parents when he was still young, but he learned to support himself by singing James Brown covers.
View ArticleDavid Sanborn review: Gateshead Jazz Festival kicks off with American...
He's played with an A-Z of artists including the likes of Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and James Brown, to name just a few. In a comfortably full Hall One, the 69-year-old and his...
View Article1965: Music's greatest year ever?
Here in the media-saturated 2010s, we get to relive the events of the momentous 1960s in an inexorable year-by-year march. Last year, the Beatles re-invaded America.
View ArticlePercy Sledge, who sang 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' 74
Percy Sledge, the R&B singer whose soulful ballad of eternal love and fidelity, "When a Man Loves a Woman," topped the charts in 1966, died Tuesday in Baton Rouge, La. He was 74. His death was...
View ArticleWilly Crook & Funky Torinos at Bebop Club
Bebop Club . Tonight, 9pm. Tickets: $250 at the venue or www.tuentrada.com Although not that well-known at a massive scale, jazz saxophonist-vocalist Willy Crook is some sort of legend among local...
View ArticleLittle Margie Clark and Jacques at Westminster Presbyterian Church: Monday,...
The beginning-of-the-week gigs at Southwest D.C.'s Westminster Church are billed as "Blue Monday Blues," but this week's will deliver a little more soul than most. "Jacques & Margie Live!" brings...
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