Now Open: New-Age Wine Shop in Downtown Phoenix
If you walk into Sauvage, a new-age wine shop in The Churchill, you might say to the proprietor, Chris Lingua: "Hey man, I usually drink pinot noir from Oregon." "Okay," he recently replied to a line...
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Here is a trick question. What did Aretha Franklin, Tupac Shakur, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln have in common? They are all famous people who died without a will.
View ArticleThe Empress Theatre Presents Sugaray Rayford, 10/17
When Sugaray Rayford belts out a song, you not only hear it, you feel it. The excitement in the room is palpable when he takes the stage.
View ArticleGold Standard: Gotham Awards go for 'First Reformed,''The Favourite'
The Gotham Awards nominations have kicked off the awards season. And if you loved Paul Schrader's "First Reformed" - and, c'mon, you did revel in this remarkable film, right? - then you're probably...
View ArticleCharles Bradley bears his soul in the nostalgic a oeCana t Fight The Feelinga
It's true that the late Charles Bradley spent much of his life trying to be James Brown - for years, he made a living impersonating the hardest working man in show business under the moniker "Black...
View ArticleStrictly's Charles gets fans going with his raunchy routines.... and his wife...
Last weekend Charles, 45, stripped off during a sexy salsa, and tonight he'll be getting the viewers going with a Strictly first when he performs the 'couple's choice' - a contemporary street dance...
View ArticleThe Man, KDHX DJ Gabriel, Has Died. Rip to a Radio Legend
Gabriel, a beloved and influential St. Louis disc jockey whose exuberant personality and passion for blues and gospel entertained radio audiences from the 1950s to the present, died at Mercy Hospital...
View ArticleSmart Bets: WestSound
Regulars of LaZoom's Band & Beer Bus Tours as well as nonmobile area venues, WestSound has built a reputation across Western North Carolina for delivering fun, danceable musical parties. The...
View ArticleCincinnati's Shake It Records to Reissue Material from Bootsy...
This Friday, the label's Northside storefront is hosting a special preview party/concert in honor of Collins' 67th birthday In 1970, bassist Bootsy Collins and his guitar-playing brother Phelps Collins...
View ArticleOCTOBER 24: The Daily Flashback
1836: Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match . 1901: 63-year-old daredevil Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.
View ArticleLead singer of Reef, Gary Stringer cracks open a top James Brown story ahead...
One was James Brown and the other two were his bodyguards.They all stood next to Gary, so next to him was a bodyguard, then James Brown and then the other bodyguard. Gary said he was so glad he had...
View ArticleTiffany Haddish Proves She's a "Sex Machine" in a Lip Sync Battle
The Tonight Show host challenged Tiffany Haddish to a lip sync battle Thursday - something he hadn't done in quite some time. Per usual, they each performed twice without letting the other know which...
View ArticleTiffany Haddish announces standup comedy tour
Emmy winner Tiffany Haddish has announced she will kick off her #SheReady stand-up comedy tour on Dec. 31 in Miami. Haddish first revealed she is going on the road during her appearance on Thursday's...
View ArticleUral Thomas and The Pain to play soul at The Palms
If life were at all fair, Ural Thomas would be a household name. The 78-year-old singer, who straddles the line between hot soul shouter and velvety-smooth crooner, performed with James Brown, Otis...
View ArticleNo pain, no gain: Ural Thomas returns to Bend
Portland's Ural Thomas , who released a handful of singles in the '60s and performed alongside Otis Redding and James Brown, and his band, The Pain, will return to Volcanic Theatre Pub on Saturday. -...
View ArticleDespite phenomenal lead, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is missing a beat
"Bohemian Rhapsody" didn't rock me, it isn't a champion, but it didn't bite the dust, either. Blessed by the kind of phenomenal performance that can salvage a debatable film, this portrait of Queen's...
View ArticleThe magic and muse of King Recordsa Syd Nathan
The magic and muse of King Records' Syd Nathan gets the stage it needs to tell the story of a remarkable local legacy. 'Cincinnati King' at Playhouse in the Park remembers King Records The magic and...
View ArticleMy daily YouTube experience: A soulful experience
Many of us who were teenagers before the internet, cellphones and VCRs are the first ones to remember "the good 'ol days." Technology has become an impersonal approach to daily life.
View ArticleFormer IOP city administrator awarded Order of the Palmetto
The Order of the Palmetto is considered the highest civilian honor in South Carolina.
View ArticleSoul is steaming in to Glusburn
The dynamic seven-piece Keighley band will be at Glusburn Community and Arts Centre on December 8 with their usually-popular act. The audience can expect a night of classic soul hits from the Stax and...
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