live at the apollo
The title of this post refers to the classic James Brown album from 1962. It also refers to a book in the 33 1/3 series , this one written by Douglas Wolk, about that album.
View Article'It's really, really great being Maceo Parker'
For legendary saxophonist Maceo Parker at least two-thirds of the year is like Christmas. The former James Brown sideman, prominent soloist and co-inventor of funk is playing in Gauteng early in May. I...
View ArticleCall Box: Tropical Teen Club and the Lemon Twisters stir up Northside memories
The Times-Union Robert Moore, known as "Little Robert" and "Little James Brown," was lead singer for the Lemon Twisters from 1962-69, a band that frequently played at the Tropical Teen Club. During the...
View ArticleHeavies mob the latest big name booked in for Hitchin's Rhythms of the World...
Organisers of June's Rhythms of the World festival have added three names to the bill for the Hitchin Priory weekend of music and more. Acid funk pioneers the Brand New Heavies, a band given the thumbs...
View ArticleAlabama Shakes shake up their sound
In 2012, when Alabama Shakes released its debut album, "Boys & Girls," the studio was not the band's friend. Songs that popped in concert sounded relatively constrained on record.
View ArticleWatch Kanye West Shake Up the TIME 100 Gala
TIME 100 cover star and hip hop icon Kanye West stunned a crowd of dignitaries Tuesday with a performance art-infused 20-minute set at the annual TIME 100 Gala honoring the most influential people in...
View ArticleArt of Cool: How Roy Ayers and his disciple Robert Glasper have used...
Roy Ayers Friday, April 24 7:30 p.m. $65$125 Durham Armory 220 Foster St. Durham www.aocfestival.org But at a live 2011 homage to vibraphonist and icon Roy Ayers by hip-hop-loving jazz pianist Robert...
View ArticleEarly love of writing
Sue Summer of Newberry has been following and writing for years about James Brown's "I Feel Good" Trust for needy students which was to be funded with copyrights to over 850 songs and rights to his...
View ArticleTrustees: Prolonged contamination has hurt Hudson River fish
The government trustees who will assess the scale of damage to New York's Hudson River from prolonged contamination say the waterway's recreational and commercial fisheries have been severely harmed....
View ArticleBra bandit strikes northeast Pennsylvania storea "again
That's after nearly 150 bras were taken in three heists at the same store in February and March in Wilkes-Barre Township. Police say 94 bras were taken from display drawers on Feb. 17, and 39 bras were...
View ArticleSound & Color - Alabama Shakes
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View ArticlePeabody winners include PBS, HBO, Netflix and Disney Junior
HBO has won two Peabody Awards, including one for a documentary on singer James Brown, while PBS' "Frontline," ''American Experience" and "POV" series, Netflix and Univision were also among the...
View ArticleLove Wants To Dance
Poor George Benson. Like Dylan before him who shocked and divided his fans by going electric, Benson's full on move into popular music on Breezin' in 1976 sent his jazz fans angrily heading for the...
View ArticleLeaders consider fixing up James Brown Statue downtown
Papa might already have a brand new bag but soon he could have a new look too. The Godfather of Soul's Statue in Downtown Augusta could be getting some new additions.
View ArticleJames Langford
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View ArticleBaltimore man dances through riots
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, once said: "The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing." One Baltimore resident, Dimitri Reeves, is taking that literally.
View ArticleHow the Identity Politics of 'Empire' Play Out on Its Walls
Kehinde Wiley's "Prince Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria" in Fox's 'Empire' Not 10 minutes into the pilot episode of Fox's TV drama Empire , Kehinde Wiley 's bright yellow portrait "Prince...
View ArticleKings Court
It's a long trip from the back of the stage to the front - and an equally daunting journey from cover-band frontman to individual artist. For more than a decade he's been laying down a percussive...
View ArticleDC's "Hardest Working Man" Is Model for GOP Success in 2016
The late soul singer James Brown used to call himself the hardest-working man in showbiz. Now another Georgian, a U.S. senator, is proving to be the hardest-working man in his line of work.
View ArticleChristian McBride Co-Hosts Soul Sister's "Soul Power" this Saturday,...
Bass virtuoso and four-time Grammy winner Christian McBride is one of the most important figures in jazz, having been associated with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and many others, in...
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