Guardian Music — Weezy now holds the record for most singles on the 'Hot 100' chart, but the honor may not be as significant as it seemsLil Wayne has surpassed Elvis Presley to earn the record for most Billboard Hot 100 hits for a male artist. And though he had to be... more info

Guardian Music — The 1974 Zaire concert became a powerful documentary: its producers recall three magical daysStewart Levine, festival promoterI had been making records with Hugh Masekela since the early 1960s. We'd got this African-American hybrid going, and were al... more info

Guardian Music — The Californian hip-hop artist and record-digger extraordinaire on his love of James Brown, his thirst for new music, and why Dr Dre sounds like homeDuring his most intense period of collecting, Josh Davis, alias DJ Shadow, would spend several hours ... more info

Guardian Music — 'I wanted to be Michael Jackson,' confesses director Spike Lee at the premiere of Bad 25, his documentary revisiting the late pop star's seminal album a quarter of a century after releaseIn the days before establishing himself as the swaggering fireb... more info

KEXP Seattle — “I’m groovy like James Brown. I sing like Pavarotti.” raps Italian hip-hop, singer-songwriter, producer, actor, DJ, VJ, MC, and all around all around awesome human being Lorenzo Cherubini, better known throughout the world as Jovanotti. After b... more info

Core News — “The legend that is Fred Wesley joins Craig to talk about his amazing life in music and of course to see who can do the best James Brown impression. And we hand over the airwaves to one of our funky listeners to select their 3 favourite tracks in �... more info

Guardian Music — The 30-year-old singer who you are going to be hearing a lot more fromWarm smile, scary bracelet. That's how you've got to be if you come from the land of Aretha Franklin, Tammy Wynette and Gladys Knight.So she's a southerner? "I'm the girl who falls... more info

Soul Sides — In June, RJ Smith, my friend and colleague, came through to record a podcast on his new, remarkable biography of James Brown, The One. The podcast was record for the Los Angeles Review of Books and went up tonight. You can also just listen to it ... more info

Perez Hilton — Charles Bradley doesn't just sing the blues. He's lived them! The soul singer has lead a very difficult life, including his own near-death experience and the murder of his brother. He worked a series of odd jobs, including being a James Brown imperso... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — James Brown's daughter has been arrested in Georgia amid allegations of vehicle theft, assault and battery. more info