Funk

Funk Soul 

LISTEN: L.A.’s Alain Zane Share New Single “CA State Of Mind”

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2022, Alain Zane, CA State Of Mind, Cat Colbert, Charles Colbert, Ethan Browne, Jackson Browne, Right Before Your Eyes, Spinside Records, The Eagles

The second generation duo’s debut album, Right Before Your Eyes, comes out on 9/23

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Funk Soul 

Isaac Hayes: The Soul Man at 80

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 80th birthday, Burt Bacharach, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave, Soul, South Park, Stax, Stax Records, The Beatles, The Carpenters

Celebrating the life of the late, great Stax Records maestro

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Funk Music Journalism 

Arista Records and the P-Funk Multiverse

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1978, All The Woo In The World, Arista Records, Barry White, Bernie Worrell, Chaka Khan, Glenn Goins, Mitchell Cohen, Parliament-Funkadelic, Quazar, Ray Parker Jr., Raydio, Stevie Wonder, Tom Vickers

Read the funkiest excerpt from Mitchell Cohen’s Looking for the Magic: New York City, the ‘70s and The Rise of Arista Records

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Films Funk Soul 

This Cat Of The Slum: Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly at 50

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1972, 50th anniversary, Curtis Mayfield, Curtom, Freddie's Dead, Gordon Parks Jr., Pusherman, Ron O'Neal, Super Fly

How the soul legend stuck it to The Man by setting the template for Blaxploitation soundtracks

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Alternative Rock Funk Rock 

Red Hot Chili Peppers To Release Second Double Album Of 2022

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Flea, John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Return of the Dream Canteen, Tour, Unlimited Love, Warner Records

Return of the Dream Canteen coming October 14th on Warner Records

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Funk Hip Hop Punk 

Be True To Yourself And You Will Never Fall: Check Your Head at 30

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Ryan Bray 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Beasties, Biz Markie, Check Your Head, Kojak, Mark Nishita, MCA, Mike D, Money Mark, Ted Nugent

On their third record, the Beastie Boys lifted themselves back up and set the tone for the 90s

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Funk Remembrance Rock Soul 

Game Was Her Middle Name: Remembering Betty Davis

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 James Porter 0 Comments American Bandstand, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, Bettye LaVette, Candi Staton, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Soul Train, the Buddy Miles Express, The Chambers Brothers

If anybody ever embodied the term “Black Girls Rock!,” the dearly departed funk-rock innovator was it

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Funk Hip Hop Pop Punk Soul 

LISTEN: Florida’s Set It Off Face Their Fears With “Who’s In Control”

February 24, 2022February 25, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Anderson .Paak, Cody Carson, Elsewhere, Fearless Records, Maxx Danziger, pop-punk, Set It Off, the Weeknd, Who's In Control, Zach DeWall

The celebrated pop-punk trio’s new album Elsewhere is due March 11th

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Blues Funk Remembrance Soul 

It Wasn’t Because He’s Black, It Was Because He Was Great

February 9, 2022February 10, 2022 James Porter 3 Comments Al Green, Ann Peebles, Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, Buddy Guy, Cypress Hill, funk, Hi Records, KRS One, Mavis Staples, Michael Jackson, R&B, RIP, Soul, Syl Johnson, Willie Hutch, Wu-Tang Clan

Remembering the art and artistry of sampled soul giant Syl Johnson

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Funk Hip Hop Music Journalism Remembrance Rock 

Elegy to a Flyboy

December 10, 2021December 13, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 24-7 Spyz, Bad Brains, Basehead, Ben Tyree, Chocolate Genius, Defunkt, Fishbone, Flyboy in the Buttermilk, Follow For Now, Greg Tate, Hip-hop, journalism, Justin Warfield, Living Colour, Miles Marshall Lewis, Music Journalism, Ronald Shannon Jackson, The Veldt, Urban Dance Squad

Paying respects to Greg Tate, the man who gave music journalism its groove

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"Shoegaze" Dream Pop Funk Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: Take Time För An Evening With Allting

December 7, 2021December 8, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Class of 2021, För Allting, Makthaverskan, Run For Cover

New LPs from Courtney Barnett, Silk Sonic and Makthaverskan close out a robust 2021

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Blues Funk Soul 

Bette Smith: Rock and Soul to Lift Your Spirits 

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Bette Smith, Drive-By Truckers, Jimbo Mathus, Matthew Patton, Ruf Records, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Good The Bad and The Bette

Produced by Drive-By Truckers bassist Matthew Patton, the Brooklyn-born singer’s blend of soul, rock, R&B and Southern funk gives these ten new tunes plenty of punch

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Funk Soul 

Kool & The Gang Still Imagine A World Full Of Peace

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Celebration, COVID-19, Dennis Thomas, Get Down On It, Kool & The Gang, Kool and the Gang, Ladies Night, Omnivore Recordings, Perfect Union, Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, Ru-Jac Records, The Pursuit of Happiness

Despite the loss of two key members, the celebrated Jersey City funk icons remain a Perfect Union on first new album in over a decade

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Funk Psychedelics Rock Soul 

The Odyssey of Funkadelic and Eddie Hazel

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1971, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, Maggot Brain, Mike Watt, P-Funk, Parliament-Funkadelic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween

Released 50 years ago, Maggot Brain gave a psychedelic groove to psychic pain

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Funk 

Another Starr Production: The Time at 40

July 29, 2021July 30, 2021 De Angela L. Duff 0 Comments George Clinton, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir, Morris Day, Parlet, Prince, Terry Lewis, The Time, Vanity 6

A deeper look into the Prince associates’ eponymous debut four decades later

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