Chuck D Reflects On Clyde Stubblefield's Impact As Hip Hop's Most Sampled...
Chuck D knows a thing or two about sampling breakbeats from James Brown's records. The Public Enemy frontman has much to say about the recent passing of Clyde Stubblefield , one of the iconic drummers...
View ArticleMcMaster denies suing former James Brown trustees -
Who brought a multi-million dollar lawsuit in the name of former Attorney General Henry McMaster without his authorization? Whoever that may be has placed every taxpayer in South Carolina at risk for...
View ArticleChicano Batman bring new music, more political tone to upcoming Roxy show
They play culturally rich, feel-good music that blends romantic pop with Brazilian Tropicalia and a good dose of '70s psychedelic soul best absorbed during their killer live shows. Don't worry, the...
View ArticleFirst Listen: Hurray For The Riff Raff, 'The Navigator'
"The first words still had roots, like a James Brown syllable," the late New York poet Sekou Sundiata once wrote. He was talking about how language is undergirded with sound, how the beats underneath...
View ArticleDebra Arlyn & The Goodness to perform March 3 in Richland
The five-piece soul-funk band will take the stage at 9 p.m. at the Emerald of Siam, 1314 Jadwin Ave. Cover is $5. "People can expect up-tempo, groovy, funky music A la James Brown, Amy Winehouse, Van...
View ArticleRelive the 1960s with Pictou Pop Classics
Pictou Pop Classics has established itself as a musical teleportation experience. And on the heels of its sold-out, four-run 1970s tribute show, the group is changing it up.
View ArticleChicago Blues Brothers
The Chicago Blues Brothers offer a high-octane, adrenaline-pumping, musical mash-up, presenting the best material from The Blues Brothers film and more. It's jam-packed full of songs by Aretha...
View ArticleMaceo Parker Comes to the Fox Theatre
Saxophonist Maceo Parker embodies the legacy of soul and funk music like no other musician can. Always at the forefront, Maceo has been a common thread in the history of funk - helping to pioneer the...
View ArticleLegendary Musicians & Execs Form Alliance To Celebrate & Gain Respect ...
Legendary Musicians & Execs Form Alliance To Celebrate & Gain Respect For Funk Music Genre That Still Proves Highly Influential On Todays Pop, Hip Hop & Dance Music Genres New Movement...
View ArticleSt. Paul and the Broken Bones Grow From Soul Revivalist Origins
Paul Janeway, frontman for the revivalist soul band St. Paul and the Broken Bones, must have been blessed as a child. That might be a silly play on a band name, but how else do you explain this nerdy,...
View ArticleIggy Pop Reinvented the Male Rock Star on His Solo Debut 'The Idiot'
With his band the Stooges' debut album in 1969, Pop undoubtedly pioneered the art form that came to be known as punk rock. But he wasn't only one of the forefathers; he was the Godfather in the same...
View ArticleSXSW Music Live: Durand Jones & the Indications, Jamila Woods Old souls, new...
Jones is blessed with a warm voice steeped in the Southern soul tradition, nimbly shifting from sweet ballad "Can't Keep My Cool" to James Brown dance floor killer "Groovy Baby."
View ArticleNeko Case: - I know it's SXSW, but don't be cool. Just nerd.'
Neko Case loves "Twin Peaks." Neko Case loves "Twin Peaks" so much that she came to the stage in an owl costume Friday night in celebration of the rebooted David Lynch show.
View ArticleCooper River Bridge Run announces Heather Hayes as musical and...
Julian Smith, Executive Race Director of the Cooper River Bridge Run , celebrating its 40th Anniversary, announced that Heather Hayes will be the headlining musical act for the 2017 Cooper Rover Bridge...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly on Maxine Waters: "I didn't hear a...
Sometimes congressmen deserve serious responses to serious House speeches. For Bill O'Reilly, this isn't one of those cases.
View ArticleO'Reilly's Racist Maxine Waters AttackBy Matt Wilstein
The Fox News host 'didn't hear a word' Rep. Maxine Waters was saying because he was mocking her hair. The hosts of Fox & Friends asked their colleague Bill O'Reilly to watch a video of Rep. Maxine...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly's offensive dismissal of Rep. Maxine Waters par for his...
That piece of information is as useless as the ridiculous observation O'Reilly made about U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters on "Fox & Friends." But it tells us a lot about who he is and what he thinks about...
View ArticleThe SetlistThe Godfather
Just like many of you, I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard James Brown. I was a kid riding along in my mother's car in the morning with the radio on.
View ArticleContinue reading Say it loud - A lesson from Maxine Waters and James Brown a '
There is little doubt the insult hurled at California Congresswoman Maxine Waters by right- wing-Fox- entertainment-television host Bill O'Reilly this week, was intended to offend and belittle her when...
View ArticleWest End Dreamgirls Star Adam J. Bernard on Finding His Moves and Prepping...
Adam J. Bernard has appeared on the London stage in Thriller Live and I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical but is having a breakout year with his thunderous performance as the James Brown-like Jimmy...
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