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“There were some people that might’ve thought our practices were corny, but these days, they know we were on the right track,” Verdine White, Maurice’s bass playing brother, told me in 2013. “At that time, we were called Negroes, ya dig?” R.I.P. George Duke :: Online. George Duke-Spock Does The Bump At The Space Disco. Take The Power Back: The story of five black artist-owned labels | Red Bull Music Academy Daily.
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The Mess We Made by tomasdoncker | Tomás Doncker. Hiatus Kaiyote | Multi-Dimensional, Polyrhythmic Gangster Shit. Rollingstone. They all know Thundercat at the ramen spot. He's not the kind of person you forget. I first saw him about seven years ago playing bass for Erykah Badu, wearing intergalactic shoulder pads and an eagle-feathered Cheyenne Indian war bonnet. You couldn't tell if he was 23 or 230, the son of Bootsy Collins or Sitting Bull, a legendary session player or an Afro-Futurist anime hero. The answers still aren't entirely clear, but this much is crystalline: Thundercat is Stephen Bruner, a bassist with perfect pitch who has released two brilliant albums on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint. "A part of me almost didn't feel comfortable talking to anybody," Bruner says, shortly after sitting down at his go-to noodle spot, not far from his Koreatown home.
Until recently, Thundercat, 30, was a half-secret with a staggering résumé. "I was like Billy Preston in the Rolling Stones. The full scope of Thundercat's talent only became apparent after meeting Flying Lotus. THUNDERCAT THE AMAZING! Donny McCaslin with Tim Lefebvre, Mark Guiliana, Jason Lindner @ 55 Bar NYC. An Inescapable Voice on “Black Messiah” - The New Yorker. After more than a decade of near silence, rumors, and rampant speculation, the elusive soul singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist D’Angelo dropped “Black Messiah” on December 15th. The album was both an unexpected gift and a timely political statement that was well-received in many corners of a hungry music world. As Sasha Frere-Jones wrote in his review, “There have been musical comebacks as strong as ‘Black Messiah,’ but not many.” One of the many refreshing things about the album is how it harkens back to the days when the individual personalities of the flesh-and-blood musicians playing in the studio mattered.
Despite the years of solitary-genius stories surrounding D’Angelo, and despite the album’s clearly personal and idiosyncratic vision, “Black Messiah” has the loose, exploratory collectivity of a true ensemble record. It seems significant that the album is credited to D’Angelo and the Vanguard—much like Prince introducing the Revolution on “Purple Rain.”
D’Angelo Reborn - The New Yorker. Almost three years ago, some friends gathered around a laptop in my apartment and watched footage apparently shot on a smartphone of a concert given a few days earlier, in Paris. The performer was D’Angelo, the R. & B. and soul singer, whom we hadn’t seen since he appeared, looking disoriented, in a 2010 mug shot, having been arrested for allegedly soliciting a police officer. He had been in a near-fatal car accident, in 2005, so the fact that he had returned to performing, twelve years after his previous album, “Voodoo,” was less surprising than nerve-racking: if you cared about D’Angelo, you couldn’t stop thinking, How badly could this go? D’Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer, seemed to have gained weight but looked healthy in the footage, almost luminous, wearing a black bandanna and a tank top.
When D’Angelo suddenly released “Black Messiah,” three weeks ago, on a Monday at midnight, it happened again. There have been musical comebacks as strong as “Black Messiah,” but not many. | Ain't nuttin' like nuttin' The Isley Brothers - It's Too Late (1973) (Live) Ohio/Machine Gun-The Isley Brothers-1973. Download DJ Gioumanne’s Afro Cosmic Club Volume 2. The Bravest Man In The Universe. Rickey Vincent's Party Music | Music | Oakland, Berkeley & the Bay Area.
Rickey Vincent grew up around The Black Panther Party. His mother was a member in the late Sixties, and he remembers leaders Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver coming by his family's Berkeley house when he was six, as well his mom taking him along to visit Huey Newton in jail. Vincent, who still lives in Berkeley, grew up to learn much about the Panthers and other militant African-American organizations, but music — funk in particular — became his primary passion.
In 1996 he wrote the book Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One, and since 1997 has hosted The History of Funk program Friday nights on KPFA. His interests in politics and music intersected in 2002 when rapper Boots Riley of The Coup told him that the party had an official singing group called The Lumpen. Fellow KPFA programmer Walter Turner played him a copy of the soul quartet's only record, an ultra-rare 45 titled "Free Bobby Now," released in the summer of 1970. "We were not entertainers. Harvestworks Primus Luta Performance. WhataFUNK? Stevie Wonder - As Live In The Studio 1976. Loving Arms - Junie. Leon Thomas - Love Each Other. Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way. Lou Donaldson - Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) Brethren - Success Brand Oil. Thunder Soul Movie Official Trailer 2011 HD. Larry Graham - Super Slapping Bass part 3. Larry Graham - Super Slapping Bass part 2.
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Harnessing Beasley and Ndugu’s hometown earthy undertones of New Orleans and Jones’ Chicago street-funk 3 Brave Souls are knee-deep in the groove on their self-titled debut for BFM Jazz. From the revved-up, rootsy Meters romp “Wanna Get Away” and the downhome “Nothing Left to Say,” both featuring the remarkably soulful vocals of Sy Smith, to the hard-hitting Fela Kuti like instrumental “Yabis,” 3 Brave Souls make a potent statement on this debut outing.
The aptly titled “Nail it Down” is a thick pocket groover with spoken words of wisdom by Ndugu. The mellow ballad “Come and Gone” is a showcase for Jones’ melodic penchant on the bass while Beasley conjures a hypnotic world music vibe on the exotic “Ayala.” Larry Graham - Credits. Breakin'bread by thecoloredsection. Bob Babbitt | Motown bass player, 74. Return of The Soul Brother. I caught D’Angelo on the BET Awards the other night. (July 1). His set included a classic ballad of his, and a bouncing, funky groove from his new upcoming album. He played some mean piano, and cooked up the funk at the end with a jam that started to truly smoke, and just pushed aside the shallow pop dribblers in the audience. D’Angelo deliberately gave us multiple sides of this soul/funk master in effect. It is so important for a “Soul Singer” to re-emerge with the values of Soul, because the idea has been getting a bad wrap lately.
Black popular music has been in bad shape for a number of years. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled to come across such young female firebrands as Ledisi, Goapele, and Jill Scott. But I’ve been asking myself for years now, where are the brothers? The brothers? To their credit, a wave of new black male vocalists is on the scene, trying to break out of the loverman image, and present themselves as thoughtful, original, entertainers.
Dwele in the club? D'Angelo makes long-awaited return to TV at BET Awards - Celebrity Circuit. LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 01: Singer D'Angelo performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET) Michael Buckner (CBS News) D'Angelo made a long-awaited return to TV Sunday night at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. It marked the funk/soul singer's first televised performance in 12 years. He performed part of his 2000 single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," before playing a new song, called "Sugar Daddy," which is expected to appear on his third album. Pictures: BET Awards 2012Read more: BET Awards 2012 sees Houston tributes, rampant obscenitiesRead more: Whitney Houston tribute brings tears at BET Awards D'Angelo came on the scene in 1995 with the release of his debut album "Brown Sugar.
" He followed that up in 2000 with "Voodoo," featuring the single "Untitled (How Does It Feel). " Over the past 10 years, we haven't seen or heard much from D'Angelo in terms of music. Chaka Khan Live On Top. :: WHO'S GUNNA TAKE THE WEIGHT ::: Daily Operation Daily Digital Download Dig. Exclusive: A Glimpse Into The Extraordinary Life That Belongs To Melvin Van Peebles - Part 1.
I recall the very first time I saw Melvin Van Peebles in person, at a Museum Of The Moving Image tribute event in early 2008 for the late St Clair Bourne, who'd recently passed (December 2007). It was a moment I wouldn't soon forget. In short, during the tribute, which had the likes of Armond White, George Alexander, and Esther Iverem as panelists, a number of attendees in the audience lamented the state of this thing we call "black cinema," mourning the loss of one of its leaders, and the void in leadership his absence left.
Just about every head turned to either find out who this bold and abrasive voice belonged to (or already knew it was Melvin Van Peebles, but turned to acknowledge him anyway); the room fell silent as he continued, and remained that way for a few moments after he ended what probably felt like a scolding to some, almost as if shamed. And don't be fooled by his slight stature; his confidence is unrivaled. I did... Eventually. And once settled, to be later joined by Mr.
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" The response was, "I'd love to. You just invite me and I'll come. " Porter was quoted as saying, "The Grand Ole Opry is made up of entertainment, not necessarily marvelous singers but entertainers. On March 6 the Memphis Press-Scimitar ran the headline across the top of the front page, "Invitation to Soul Singer James Brown Brings Disharmony to Grand Ole Opry. " "I could throw up," said piano player Del Wood in the most eloquent of the Opry outbursts. Jean Shepard was Jean Shepard: "The Grand Ole Opry is supposed to be a mainstay in country music-and it's fighting for its life. 1st show. Phil Upchurch - Upchurch / The Way I Feel (1969) Chuck Brown, go-go legend, dies - The Root DC Live. Posted at 09:30 AM ET, 05/17/2012 May 17, 2012 01:30 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost By Stephen A. Crockett Jr. In 1949, jazz saxophonist, James Moody remixed “I’m in the Mood for Love.” Light changes and the Bonneville bones out, but the music is still in my head - and it stays with me into the corner store.
One name: like Madonna or Prince or Oprah. A piece of D.C. history, an establishment, a legacy, a godfather and musical impresario passed away Wednesday. The classic “Run Joe” wasn’t just a song, it was a dance and T-shirt. What is lost today is a musical history that can be traced back to D.C.’s early jazz roots and the problem with trying to classify his death in a musical context is that the only counterparts of a cultural magnitude are the American mainstream. It is eerie now to think that the last time I saw Chuck play live he was onstage with Little Benny. Chuck always seemed old, not old in age, but old in a way that your parents have always been your parents. Read more on The Root DC. Calibro 35 Ritornano quelli di Calibro 35. Calibro 35 - Ritornano Quelli Di... Italy’s Calibro 35 satisfy the needs of a specific and wonderful niche.
They are among those bands who endeavour to replicate the sounds of the past and to lend them a contemporary edge, but rather than simply aping their favourite artists of bygone times, Calibro 35 immerse themselves in a specific aesthetic – the film music of 1960s and 1970s Italian cinema. These musicians have explored – mined – the soundtracks of that violent, vibrant stable, from bloody giallo slasher flicks to poliziotteschi car chase-filled”tough cop” outings. Calibro 35 have always both covered pieces from such films and written songs of their own in the same style – on their second album Ritornano Quelli Di… the emphasis leans slightly more to the originals, but the uninitiated will have no chance of telling the difference.
The musicianship of the guys involved stands up to serious scrutiny, a crucial factor in making this exciting, razor-sharp music work.