Alison Rowat: Corbyn rocks Brighton but rest of us won't roll over so easily
TOWARDS the end of his time as party leader, Tony Blair would deliver his conference speech in the manner of the first act on the bill of the Glasgow Empire of old. Knowing the natives were in large...
View ArticleThe 12 best movies about music and musicians offer something for everyone
Standing as two of the world's best-loved art forms, film and music are eternally intertwined. Musical soundtracks have been essential to driving emotional elements and drama in film since its...
View ArticleBrown trustee admits failure to learn about copyrights -
The court-appointed defender of James Brown's will has dropped his appeal of a 2015 ruling that Brown had a wife. The ruling has a major impact on the 850+ copyrights that Brown left his education...
View ArticleJames Langford
James Langford is TheStreet's Banking & Finance editor. Memorable moments in his news media career include watching former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt...
View ArticleWatch Mumbai's first live funk night at a rooftop bar in Bandra tonight
When it comes to nomenclature, many musical genres borrow from words that mean something else. Soul songs, for instance, are called so because they stir up a cauldron of emotions located deep inside...
View ArticleFuture of James Brown's college scholarship trust remains unsettled in South...
The late James Brown made millions of dollars as a soul star. South Carolina courts are deciding how the money is distributed.
View ArticleBruno Mars's Music Is Derivative of Everything You've Heard Before, and...
Two years ago, before the president of the United States took on the mantle of managing the world's most volatile Twitter account, Donald Trump's future campaign opponent, Kanye West, thought it...
View Article'Marshall': Supreme Court lion gets a stirring legal drama in his honor
I don't know if Chadwick Boseman can leap tall buildings in a single bound, but the superman of biopics certainly has a knack for towering figures. Jackie Robinson , Godfather of Soul James Brown , and...
View ArticleJackie Shane: Any Other Way
The Chicago-based reissue label, Numero Group, has done much to resurrect musical gems of the past, especially in their acclaimed Eccentric Soul Series that has uncovered music released by forgotten...
View ArticleSee Guns N' Roses Duet With Pink on 'Patience'
Toward the end of Guns N' Roses ' performance of "Patience" last night at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Axl Rose made an announcement. "We're gonna try something," he told the crowd.
View ArticlePhotographer Jerome Brunet Launches Kickstarter Campaign For 'Into The Light'...
For the past 20 years photographer JA©rA me Brunet has been capturing many of his favorite musicians both in action and for portraits. The famed lensman is working on a 20-year retrospective coffee...
View Article'Marshall' is a solid historical drama about civil rights
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Chadwick Boseman has already played James Brown and Jackie Robinson in big-budget, biopic feature films. Now he takes on the role of the first African-American Supreme Court justice,...
View ArticleShow and Tell at SAP Hybris Live
Conference keynotes usually open with familiar, high energy tunes to wake early morning audiences up and get them primed for the announcements to come. Think James Brown's "I Feel Good" or U2's "It's a...
View ArticleHoustonian Helps Smithsonian Pick Six Decades of Great Concert Shots
While ultimately reaching the levels of A&R Director at Concord Music Group and VP of Warner Bros.
View ArticleGet ready Northern Quest: 10 essential tracks by Naughty by Nature...
Being a family newspaper and all, we can't really address those questions here. But what we can do, in the wake of the artists who raised those questions more than 25 years ago coming to perform at...
View ArticleBootsy Collins Shares His Multi-Layered Definition of Funk, Remembers the...
"When you start recording, it's like making love: it's good, you don't want to stop, it keeps getting good and you can't stop until you have to." There are few people, if any, who can simultaneously...
View ArticleHere's What's Leaving And Arriving On Netflix In November 2017
Sure, the streaming service is adding some cool classic stuff, including "Men in Black," and originals including "Jim & Andy," "The Punisher" and "Mudbound." This documentary chronicles James...
View ArticleJames Brown and the $600 Cup Noodle Cooker
Just one of those odd internetal coincidences: the meeting of The Godfather of Soul, Cup Noodles, and a big-bucks doodad for wealthy folks in Japan. Let's start with the show, with Mr. James Brown...
View ArticleAssociated Press Corrects Claim That James Brown Led Raid On Harpers Ferry
The Associated Press had to issue a correction last month after a story suggested that legendary 20th Century musician James Brown, and not fiery abolitionist John Brown, led a raid on Harpers Ferry...
View ArticleRoundup of cheap microcontrollers
If you want to scroll down and find out who the winner is, don't bother - there's really no sense in trying to declare the "king of $1 MCUs" as everyone knows the best microcontroller is the one that...
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