Arts News: West End Glasgow gigs; Jazz in Aberdeen; Blues from Oz; Cirque Beserk
Glasgow promoters Sounds in the City celebrate ten years of bringing music to Woodend Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club in Jordanhill, and to city centre venues too, with a busy programme of events in 2016....
View ArticleTahuna Breaks plan high-energy return to Marlborough wine festival
The last time Tahuna Breaks played the Marlborough Wine Food Festival, in 2012, they brought the energy and got festival-goers on their feet. With James Brown and Daft Punk as influences, Marlborough...
View Article"American Idol" Recap: Kanye West Auditions as Final Season Begins
Ryan Seacrest and judges Jennifer Lopez , Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. kicked things off with auditions in Atlanta and Detroit. The show also included the much-hyped surprise audition from Kanye...
View ArticleMake It Funky: Sax icon Maceo Parker reflects on a career of party-rocking...
Maceo Parker became famous as the target of James Brown frequent imprecation, "Maceo, blow your horn!" The saxophonist was an integral part of two of the most influential funk groups of all time:...
View ArticleWhy The Rock is on a roll
Forget James Brown. The Rock is the new Hardest Working Man in Show Business. That's wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson -- and if you thought he was everywhere in 2015, just wait.
View ArticleJustin Timberlake -- Record Label Sued for 'Suit & Tie'
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z 's hit song " Suit & Tie " was not exactly buttoned up, legally speaking ... according to a group that's suing, claiming the track ripped them off. Two members of Sly,...
View ArticleThe Big T.N.T. Show at Library of Congress James Madison Building: Friday,...
Following the success of Teenage Awards Music International -a 1964 concert movie now widely known as the T.A.M.I. Show that features performances by James Brown, The Rolling Stones, and Marvin Gaye-a...
View ArticleHBO to Debut New Drama Series VINYL, Starring Bobby Cannavale, 2/14
Richie Finestra, the founder and president of American Century Records, is trying to save his company and soul without destroying everyone in his path. With his passion for music and discovering talent...
View ArticleDavid Bowie Guitarist Carlos Alomar: 'He Was So Damn Curious'
Carlos Alomar has been playing guitar professionally since he was 16, backing the likes of James Brown, Chuck Berry and Luther Vandross at various points of his formative years. In the mid-Seventies,...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez Slammed for Saying 'American Idol' Contestant 'Sings Like a...
Fan favorite judge Jennifer Lopez is facing some hot water after her comments about contestant Lindita Halimi during Wednesday's season premiere. Halimi, who lost an incredible 150 pounds before her...
View ArticleConcert Pick of the Weekend: Danny Krivit at Electric Pickle
After an aspiring DJ named Danny Krivit met James Brown, the young Krivit's vinyl hobby evolved into a full-blown profession. Raised in 1960s Greenwich Village by a jazz singer mother and a father...
View ArticleBowie: The Man Who Sold Royalties and Brought Music to Bonds
The man behind "The Man Who Sold the World" was the first recording artist to go to Wall Street to tap the future earnings of his music, paving the way for a thriving market for esoteric securities...
View Article'Of Course David Bowie Had Funk!': The Singer's Lifelong (and...
David Bowie called R&B and soul "the bedrock of all popular music," and he returned to their incarnations again and again, from his second single, a 1965 cover of Bobby "Blue" Bland 's No. 1...
View Articlefilial piety
The funk legend that is MISTER FRED WESLEY returns with his GENERATIONS project. Fred funking on the T-Bone with Leonardo Corradi on Hammond plus bass pedals and the groove machine that is Tony Match...
View ArticleOnly on 12: Settlement in James Brown Estate waiting on approval from judge
After nine years of battling in court, there's finally the possibility of a settlement in James Brown's estate. "We came to the settlement so that we could stop this and we can move forward and do the...
View ArticleOnly on 12: James Brown son Daryl against Estate settlement
Thursday, four of Brown's adult children were back in a courtroom to get the judge to sign off on a settlement. Daryl Brown was not one of them.
View ArticleSoul hits live on stage: "feelgood show of the year" coming to Grays...
The promoter's claim is that it "features more soul classics than any other production" - songs o r i g i n a l ly recorded by the likes of Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett,...
View ArticleSolomon Jaye's Highly Anticipated Debut Album 'Ordinary Man' Now Available
After months of anticipation, multi-talented founding member of the groundbreaking vocal band "The Edge Effect" Solomon Jaye is excited to announce the official debut of his inaugural solo album...
View ArticleWhy Glenn Frey's death shakes us
Marc Eliot: Glenn Frey's death marks end of a style that defined the vibe of a generation; a sobering wake-up call about aging He says Frey, a co-writer of the weary "Hotel California," was a talent...
View ArticleTen More Weird Colorado Monuments, Including One Dedicated to the Other...
James Brown arrives in Steamboat Springs to dedicate the James Brown Soul Center of the Universe bridge, September 15, 1993. When I started looking for obscure historical monuments, sites and artifacts...
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