Rock and Roll Globe

Rock and Roll Globe

Real writing about real music.

  • Rock
  • Punk
  • Hip Hop
  • Soul
  • About
  • Shop
    • My account
    • Cart
    • Checkout

Curtis Mayfield

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

Read more
Soul 

LISTEN: Curtis Mayfield at 80

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Curtis Mayfield, Playlist, Spotify, Superfly

Honoring a soul giant with a day trip through his catalog

Read more
adblock Soul 

Swamp Dogg: Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick and Me

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Williams, Joyful Noise, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Sly Stone, Smokey Robinson, Sorry You Couldn't Make It, Sorry You Couldn’t Make It Demos, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg

Soul great also known as Jerry Williams tells all: “Ask me anything you want. I had a good night sleep.”

Read more
Blues Soul 

WATCH: “Tell Me” by Devin B Thompson

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Chicago, Chicago Blues, Curtis Mayfield, Devin B Thompson, Luther Allison, Robben Ford, Tales of the Soul, Tell Me

The Rock & Roll Globe is proud to premiere the latest video from the Chicago soul blues luminary

Read more
Blues Folk Soul 

Still Bill, Just As He Was

April 6, 2020 James Porter 2 Comments Bill Withers, Columbia Records, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, John Hammond, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg, Terry Callier

There was almost no precedent for Bill Withers in the 1970s

Read more
Soul 

A Gentle Genius

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments Curtis Mayfield, Rhino Records, The Impressions

A new box set chronicles the crucial quadrant of studio albums comprising Curtis Mayfield’s first five years as a solo artist

Read more

Recent Posts

  • How Talkdemonic Was Revived From Oblivion 
  • WATCH: Dust Bowl Faeries Share Visualizer for “Cuckoo”
  • LISTEN: Nadu Shares “What Kind Of Man”
  • Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50
  • Put On Your Black Dress: Belly’s Star Turns 30

Recent Comments

  • Seamus Byrne on PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”
  • Mags Piper on PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”
  • Daan H on Greg Sage Is Living In The Land of the Lost
  • Charlie Simos on Carlos PenaVega Is a Rock, a Fortress and a Deliverer
  • Buy press releases on This Sad Burlesque: Elvis Costello’s The Juliet Letters at 30

Social

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Subscribe to Rock and Roll Globe

Editor: Ron Hart, editor@rockandrollglobe.com
|
General Manager & Advertising: Kevin Sanders, KSanders@seaofreedsllc.com
  • About Us
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with us
Sea of Reeds
Check us out:
  • Audiohopper. Real news. Narrated.
  • Book and Film Globe
  • California Globe
  • Fine Art Globe
  • Media Globe
  • Modern Consensus
  • New Jersey Globe
  • Rock and Roll Globe
  • Wine and Whiskey Globe
©Sea of Reeds Media. All Rights Reserved.