Former member of the Drifters stages comeback at 83
Charles "Don" Thomas, a rhythm and blues singer with the Drifters who's performed in the White House, Tokyo and around the globe, now lives in Charles "Don" Thomas, a rhythm and blues singer with the...
View ArticleFunk Master Maceo Parker To Put Soul Science To Work At Infinity Hall
US musician Maceo Parker performs on the stage during the Nice's Jazz Festival on July 11, 2013 in Nice, southeastern France. US musician Maceo Parker performs on the stage during the Nice's Jazz...
View Article"Black Music Means Everything": Bruno Mars Drops Some Truth for Black History...
This is a man who could nail an Elvis impersonation before most of us could do our multiplication tables. He can dance like Michael Jackson , sing like James Brown and rock leopard print without...
View ArticleHouston Symphony Presents Soulful Program Of Music With Powerhouse Vocalist,...
The Houston Symphony will celebrate more than 50 years of soul influenceFeb. 17-19 with a brand-new show featuring the best of Motown legends as well as today's hottest R&B entertainers. R&B...
View ArticleElise Testone concert to celebrate legends of rock and more
Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jerry Garcia. Michael Jackson. James Brown. Amy Winehouse.
View ArticleSharon Jones Battled Cancer With Same Unrelenting Drive As Pursuit Of Music...
Still, Sharon Jones earned acclaim for her dynamic style. And Jones, who died at age 60 in 2016, is winning new fans thanks to the documentary, Miss Sharon Jones! , which chronicles her determination...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Maceo Parker: With Dave Matthews Band In Chicago In 1998
Renowned saxophonist Maceo Parker today celebrates his 74th birthday. His funk-fueled career includes stints performing with James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince and other well-known musicians.
View ArticleBlack and blues
The music of Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears comes across like a friendly punch in the face.
View Article'Funky Drummer' behind hip-hop classics dead
Clyde Stubblefield, one of funk's defining drummers whose solo in a James Brown song became a standard sample for hip-hop but earned him little money, died Saturday. He was 73. Stubblefield's death...
View ArticleOn Special Night soul vet Lee Fields brings contemporary themes to his...
I don't think veteran soul singer Lee Fields foresaw an increasingly divided and polarized United States when he recorded "Make the World," a song from last fall's terrific Special Night . Over a hard,...
View ArticleMackenzie Phillips, Elliot Ackerman, Jessi Klein, Bill Wittliff and...
Kathleen Kent and Joe R. Lansdale will appear at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 at The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., Dallas. Daniel James Brown will discuss and sign The Boys in the Boat: Nine...
View ArticleDrummer Clyde Stubblefield 1943 - 2017
Legendary drummer Clyde Stubblefield has died at the age of 73. Stubblefield's death due to kidney failure was confirmed by his wife Jody Hannon who spoke to Rolling Stone magazine . Known for his...
View ArticleTrump to visit African American History Museum
J.A.M.P. performing James Brown's "I Feel Good" Thursday at Fort Gordon's Black History Month observance President Trump on Tuesday will visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American...
View ArticleLives in Brief. This week: a great conductor, an acclaimed drummer and a star...
THE acclaimed music director Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, right, who has died aged 93, conducted major orchestras in the US, the UK and Japan. Skrowaczewski led the Minnesota Orchestra for 19 years,...
View ArticleClyde Stubblefield
In his September, 1999, cover story on John "Jabo" Starks and Clyde Stubblefield, funk and soul architect James Brown's famous tandem drum team, writer Ken Micallef wrote, "Clyde's groove exists in the...
View ArticleMadison Concourse Hotel to host 'Celebration of Life' for Clyde Stubblefield
The 73-year-old died at a Madison hospital February 18 of kidney failure. The "Funky Drummer" was best known for his work with James Brown.
View ArticleEasy listening and upbeat music makes you IMMORAL
Scientists have found that listening to happy music can increase people's willingness to hurt other people and bend what they deem morally acceptable. Easy listening and upbeat music such as by Taylor...
View ArticleSix named to Rochester Music Hall of Fame class of 2017 new
Samuel Adler, Joe Beard, Gary Lewis, Uncle Roger McCall, Greg Sullivan and the Penny Arcade, and Lewis Soloff were all named inductees.
View ArticleNext-Gen TV Pioneer Plans Move To City
"SuperFrank" cooked up a plan for James Brown: have him sing "Sex Machine" on float at Pride Parade in New York. Now he has cooked up a new plan: Ride the next revolutionary wave in television, out of...
View ArticleFrom John Brown to James Brown: Old Maryland farmstead's history runs deep
In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, the farmhouse where abolitionist John Brown launched his ill-fated, 1859 seizure of a Harpers Ferry, W.Va., federal armory stands in Dargan, Md. A new book traces a...
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