Bruno Mars: 'The Apollo Theater Is A Magical Place'
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View ArticleBruno Mars: 'The Apollo Theater Is A Magical Place'
James Brown, Michael Jackson and Ella Fitzgerald. These are just a few legends to perform at the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.
View ArticleR&B Crooner Omar Wilson Releases Music Video for New Single 'It's A Man's World'
BSE Recordings R&B Crooner OMAR WILSON releases the music video of his new single, the classic, "It's A Man's World", originally performed by the one and only James Brown. Omar's remake of the...
View ArticleNew album a fitting finale for Sharon Jones
Sharon Jones sounds anything but fragile on "Soul of a Woman," the last album she recorded before her death in 2016 of pancreatic cancer. She wails, she shouts, she rasps, she exhorts, she fills...
View ArticleGet in tune with seasonIf there's a music lover on your Christmas...
If there's a music lover on your Christmas list , thereA is a sleigh full of new holiday albums to check out this year.A With the barely there red dress she's wearing on the cover, the come-hither pose...
View ArticleRecord-breaking Oxford gospel choir rub shoulders with the stars
OXFORD Gospel Events Choir has had more than just 15 minutes of fame after a raft of performances with celebrities like of Susan Boyle and Peter Andre. Some members from the record-breaking outfit have...
View ArticleThe Afterlife of Otis Redding
Otis Redding's five magnificent years in showbiz transformed the sound of soul music. His grainy, growling, and "squawking" voice kept the music rooted in the older traditions of the black church and...
View ArticleGet in the holiday mood with Sia, Smokey and Stefani
With the barely-there red dress she's wearing on the cover, the come-hither pose on the back and the suggestive title, one might think Fantasia's first Christmas album is something to be played after...
View ArticleGet in the holiday mood with Sia, Smokey and Stefani
With the barely-there red dress she's wearing on the cover, the come-hither pose on the back and the suggestive title, one might think Fantasia's first Christmas album is something to be played after...
View ArticleBrown case continues Thursday -
In Aiken on Dec. 14, former James Brown trustee Adele Pope of Newberry will resume her fight to show the at-death value of Brown's music empire is closer to $100 million than the $4.7 million claimed...
View ArticleGloria Ann Taylor
Gloria Ann Taylor, a Grammy nominee whose soul records from the 1960s and 1970s are prized by music followers of the era, but who focused afterward on singing in church, died Dec. 8 at her South Toledo...
View ArticleKevin Hart on 'SNL': 3 Sketches You Have to See
The 2015 Kevin Hart -hosted Saturday Night Live features two back-to-back sketches that I've repeatedly watched more than any others in the nearly three years since that episode originally aired....
View ArticleTop White Elephant Gifts of 2017
Each year around this time since 2010 , we've spotlighted the top White Elephant gifts as chosen by the folks at ARC Thrift Stores . And this year, the five selections, pictured below, contain a twist...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Bay Area Albums of 2017: Meklit, 'When the People Move the Music...
Oakland singer-songwriter Meklit has belted out funk with James Brown's saxophonist, covered indie rock hits with sweet soulman Quinn DeVeaux , and collaborated with musicians from across Northeast...
View ArticleRed Dwarf's Craig Charles set to DJ some funky stuff at Swindon's MECA
Actor, comedian, poet and DJ, Craig Charles, is on the road with his funk and soul club night and heading for Swindon in the New Year. The Red Dwarf actor has always had a passion for soul music and...
View ArticleGet Down: The godfather of soul will help Christmas night revelers dance off...
After all the gifts are unwrapped and the hot toddies are kicking in, sometimes you just need to get out of the house and get down. While plenty of watering holes will be closed, the Continental will...
View Article2 R&B legends - Sugar Pie DeSanto and Maceo Parker - share SFJazz bill
There's no feeling quite like delivering good news. When the information inspires whoops of joy from Maceo Parker, well, the conversation has definitely gotten off to a good start.
View ArticleA Victim Of Love: Remembering Charles Bradley
Bradley's story by now is well-known: following a troubled childhood that included time spent homeless, later as a James Brown impersonator known as Black Velvet he was discovered by Bosco Mann of...
View ArticleEnd of the Road for Malc Eyers as Rufus Stone frontman
After more than three decades as the lead singer of Southampton soul outfit Rufus Stone, Malc Eyers is hanging up his microphone with a final gig at The Brook on New Year's Eve. The special send-off...
View ArticleIn Memoriam 2017: The Musicians We Lost
Bright voices from every corner of the music world left us this year - from virtuoso players to visionary composers, from charismatic bandleaders to golden-eared producers, from influential inventors...
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