James Browna s sons challenge proposed settlement
The James Brown family continued its nine-year estate battle at a Jan. 14 hearing in Aiken, with two sons asking that their father's will be carried out as written and four will contestants - along...
View ArticleOn Stage: New Orleans Suspects warm up cold weekend
There is a good chance that it's going to be cold this Friday night - snowy, blustery and cold. There is even a better chance that it's going to be hot inside the Ardmore Music Hall , "Mean" Willie...
View ArticleWoman sues AP for taking and selling stock photo of her wearing a headscarf
Fifi Youssef looks at her iPhone while seated in a Starbucks on Dec. 16 in New York; she is now suing the photographer and AP over their distribution of the photo. Fifi Youssef was sitting in a...
View ArticleFeast of Excess captures a seminal time in American culture
In this July 5, 1997 file photo, the "Godfather of Soul", singer James Brown, performs during an open air festival in Eschenbach, near Luzern, Switzerland. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is...
View ArticleRed Bank: Beam Us Up, Basie
"KHAAANNNN!" The coming of the mighty Shatner is heralded at the Count Basie Theatre with a three night Kirk-out of films in the classic STAR TREK franchise. Below,Middletown's own Billy Van Zandt as...
View ArticleAiken County judge to soon rule on settlement involving James Brown's estate
James Brown performs at the Olympic Flame concert in London on June 26, 2004. South Carolina Second Circuit Judge Doyet Early III is expected to soon rule on Brown's estate.
View ArticleC.J.: James Brown impersonator feels good about his model
Video : Ty Stone behaves as if he is the Godfather of Soul even when he's not on stage performing the "James Brown Experience." There are rules for members of the 12-piece band that will accompany the...
View ArticleOgeechee Riverkeeper Rivers Rock Fundraising Concert: Robert Lee...
IT'S a new format, season and venue for the sixth annual Rivers Rock fundraiser. Riffing on "the winter blues," the organization has rounded up some of the best blues musicians in the region for an...
View ArticleConfessions from the City: The barrister
You have to feel for the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed young ladies wanting to make their mark in the legal profession. For, as the Godfather of Soul James Brown would say, This is a Man's World.
View ArticleBernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Les Moonves: Sunday guests
UPDATED: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will make a cameo appearance on "Saturday Night Live," and he'll visit Sunday morning programs, too, this weekend. Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., talks to NBC's...
View ArticleTonight's Movie: The Younger Brothers (1949) - A Warner Archive DVD Review
THE YOUNGER BROTHERS is a colorful Warner Bros. Western recently released by the Warner Archive .
View ArticleTyler's Beach was a party, a livelihood, a refuge
Until the 1980s, Tyler's Beach in Isle of Wight's Rushmere community was either your lifeline or just a place to play, depending on who you were. Fishermen made a good living off oystering and were the...
View ArticleMeghan Trainor Releases Funk-Inspired New Track, "Watch Me Do"
Meghan Trainor continues to flaunt a confident attitude on her new song "Watch Me Do." In the follow-up to her sassy send-off "No," she sings about blocking out the haters and living her best life.
View ArticleUsing language big, small and of foreign origin
Extreme language constantly assaults us these days, and last week an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute colleague and I bemoaned the prevalent overuse of strong terms.
View ArticleImelda May to perform at this year's Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Taking place across six days from April 27 to May 2 in Montpellier Gardens, the festival promises a diverse programme which combines established stars with up and coming talent from across the worlds...
View ArticleTrax
Opening with a spoken-word ode to America might seem unusual, but the soul veteran's well-documented troubled past and gruff delivery cut the sweetness with hard reality, and effectively set up a set...
View ArticleCharles Bradley: Changes: We sit down with late-blooming "The...
It's hard not to shed a tear, listening to Charles Bradley 's music. At the same time, it's impossible not to feel uplifted too.
View Article'Miles Ahead': The biopic confuses anguish with artistry
Capturing the essence of a great artist on film is always a risky business since most of the time the artistry is not easily dramatized. And when it is, too often what we get are hokey "Aha!" moments.
View ArticleJames McBride pays tribute to the Godfather of Soul
James McBride, best-selling author of "The Color of Water" and "The Good Lord Bird," has written a furious ode to the troubled life and legacy of the incomparable James Brown. Part appreciation, part...
View ArticleJames McBride pays tribute to the Godfather of Soul
This book cover image released by Spiegel & Grau shows "Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul," by James McBride.
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