James Brown

Blues Psychedelics Rock 

Buddy Red Sells His ‘Soul’

August 15, 2025October 19, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Atlanta, Buddy Red, Georgia, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Sold His Soul

Listen to the latest single from rising blues lion

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African Blues Gospel 

‘Never Turn Back’ and the Lasting Power of Music

June 22, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2025, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, MoPOP, Muddy Waters, Museum of Pop Culture, Never Turn Back, Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music, Seattle, Washington

A look inside a very special MoPOP exhibit

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jazz Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

David Sanborn’s Adventures Beyond the Realm of Jazz

May 15, 2024May 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alto, Between the Buried and Me, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, David Bowie, David Sanborn, James Brown, Kenny Loggins, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Robert Cray Band, The Rolling Stones

10 albums featuring the late alto sax great

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Funk Soul 

He Could Do Wheelin’, He Could Do Dealin’: James Brown Did It All on 1973’s The Payback 

December 28, 2023February 16, 2026 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Fela Kuti, Fred Wesley, Hugh Masekela, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Miriam Makeba, Soul Power, The Payback, When We Were Kings

Looking back on 50 years of the Godfather’s stone funk classic

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jazz 

A Correspondence from the Newport Jazz Festival 2023

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments 2023, Angel Bat Dawid, Big Freedia, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Christian's McRide, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Joshua Redman, Leon Russell, Lionel Loueke, Newport, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island

Angel Bat Dawid, Herbie Hancock and Big Freedia are among this year’s highlights

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Funk Soul 

There It Is: James Brown at 90

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 90th Birthday, Bernard Odum, Clyde Stubblefield, Fred Wesley, funk, James Brown, Jimmy Nolen, Maceo Parker, Pee-Wee Ellis, Tame Impala, The Boo Radleys, The Godfather of Soul, The Joe Perry Project, Thundercat

Despite his foibles, the Godfather of Soul’s music very much still matters

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Punk 

Sonny Vincent Is Back!

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Frédéric Quennec 0 Comments 2020, CBGB, James Brown, Lenny Kaye, Punk, Sonny Vincent, Testors

Catching up with an unsung legend of NYC punk

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Holiday 

LISTEN: The Rock & Roll Globe Memorial July 4th BBQ Mixtape

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Childish Gambino, Fourth of July, Independence Day, James Brown, John Mellencamp, Khalid, Spotify, Van Halen

Throw on this exclusive Independence Day playlist

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Soul 

Pop Top 40: Hot Soul Singles for Week Ending September 28, 1974

September 27, 2019October 3, 2019 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments Ace Spectrum, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Billy Preston, Blackbyrds, Bobbie Gentry, Bobby Blue BLand, Brother to Brother, BT Express, Chi-Lites, Dionne Warwick, Eddie Kendricks, First Choice, Four Tops, Funkadelic, Independents, James Brown, John Edwards, Johnny Bristol, Kool and the Gang, Little Beaver, Marion Jarvis, Parliament, Paul Kelly, Roberta Flack, Rufus, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Stylistics, The Dramatics, The Miracles, The Ohio Players, The Persuaders, The Spinners, The Tymes, Tower of Power, Tyrone Davis, Undisputed Truth, William DeVaughn

45 years ago these were the hottest songs in the land…of any genre

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Soul 

The Forgotten Sounds of Sudan

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments Africa, James Brown, Jazz, Kamal Keila, Sudan

Kamal Keila and the music of Muslims and Christians

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