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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Marty Sheller (Part 1)

5865 days ago
All About Jazz — The name Marty Sheller may not ring a bell. But anyone hip to Latin-jazz is aware of his enormous contribution to the music. First, that's Marty's trumpet solo on Mongo Santamaria's 1962 hit recording of Watermelon Man. The single helped launch the b... more info
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OS/OHW Wednesday ~ Heavy D & The Boyz

5871 days ago
MVSW — Here’s the old school for this week: Heavy D & The Boyz ~ “Gyrlz They Love Me” Off of the 1989 album Big Tyme. Samples: James Brown ~ “Hot Pants” James Brown ~ “Funky President” The Meters ~ “Thinking” *sorry but this was the ... more info
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Miami's Ketchy Shuby Brings the Downtown Soul

5872 days ago
New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — These days, soul music is a genre often stuck in the side aisle of the record store or passed off into smoky cafés and '70s reunion shows. The originators of American soul music — Ray Charles, Otis Redding, and early James Brown — commandeered e... more info
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Strut Gets Into The Christmas Groove

5879 days ago
Altsounds — The golden era of ‘60s and ‘70s soul music boasts a great tradition for Christmas songs and, following in the footsteps of classic Christmas albums from the Motown stable and James Brown, Strut enter the festive spirit this November... more info
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Ian Brown - 'Fool's Gold' Was Inspired By James Brown

5885 days ago
NME - The Bands Blog — The new issue of NME is dedicated to lost musical legends. James Brown was a sheer force of nature. I remember seeing some old colour film of him dancing to ‘It’s A Man’s World’ in a TV studio when I was about 12 or 13. It was before punk an... more info
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SWING A SIMPLE SONG

5888 days ago
Soul Sides — Sly and the Family Stone: Sing a Simple SongFrom Stand (Epic, 1969)Ike and Tina Turner: Bold Soul SisterFrom The Hunter (Blue Thumb, 1970). Also on Bold Soul Sister.Deadeye: Silly SongFrom Gathering at the Depot (Beta, 1970)Please: Sing a Simple Song... more info
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8 Cool Things On the Internet This Week

5889 days ago
WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Ventures in Space Weird Mighty Mouse: Goons From the Moon JFK's Innaugaural Gala featuring The Rat Pack 1975 anti-drug PSA with Star Trek cast Forty-five delicious minutes of James Brown for the hardrive Gas Pump Girls (1979) Everything Beatnik, ... more info
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OS/OHW Wednesday ~ Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

5892 days ago
MVSW — Here’s the old school for this week: Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth ~ “They Reminisce Over You” Here’s a classic off Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s 1992 debut album Mecca and the Soul Brother. Samples: Tom Scott ~ “Today“ The Beginning of the En... more info
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BASSLINES AND BREAKBEATS

5893 days ago
Soul Sides — As I've gotten older, I've appreciated the complex brilliance of complicated arrangements and layers of melodies and rhythms. But hey, sometimes you just like getting back to the basics: a good bassline and a breakbeat. It's certainly one of the soli... more info
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Free James Brown (MP3)

5899 days ago
WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Robert Lusson & Some Cast Of Characters - Free James Brown (3:41) On September 24, 1988 James Brown went kinda nuts in Augusta, Georgia resulting in a total of 11 charges, including assault and battery with intent to kill, drunken... more info
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