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Photographer Bruce Talamon captured black joy in the glory years of soul and funk. Now he's getting his due

2208 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentDuring the '70s and '80s, the L.A. photographer documented Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin and others onstage, at home and in the studio. more info

Jim James Offers Marvin Gaye Tour Debut In Washington, D.C.: Full Show Audio

2226 days ago
JamBaseListen to Jim James cover Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" last night at the Lincoln Theatre. more info

Amos Lee Covers Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’

2229 days ago
JamBaseListen to Amos Lee's take on the Marvin Gaye classic "What's Going On," which is featured on the new deluxe edition of 'My New Moon'. more info

The Number Ones: Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”

2229 days ago
StereogumIn The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info

Harriet Brown – “Man”

2235 days ago
StereogumHarriet Brown -- formerly of San Francisco, now based in Los Angeles -- makes poppy R&B music with experimental electronic undercurrents. His new album Mall Of Fortune is coming early next year on Innovative Leisure, and its latest advance single is ... more info

Wah Wah Watson, Guitarist Whose Sound Was Everywhere, Dies at 67

2243 days ago
New York TimesHe worked the wah-wah pedal with prodigious and playful subtlety on songs by the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Maxwell, Herbie Hancock and many others. more info

Paul Young: how we made Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

2288 days ago
Guardian MusicHow did an obscure Marvin Gaye B-side end up one of the biggest hits of the 80s? With a little help from Stravinsky – and an out of tune bassChrysalis Records saw my group, Q-Tips, as a party band. They weren’t doing much for our career... more info

David Byrne is back; Tour hits NYC & Philly 4 times this week (tix still on sale)

2291 days ago
Brooklyn VeganPlus, listen to the September edition of David Byrne's monthly playlist, "Conscious Dance," which features Gil Scott-Heron, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, Prince and more. Continue reading… more info

Behind the scenes with the biggest soul stars of the 70s

2345 days ago
Guardian MusicMarvin Gaye, James Brown, Stevie Wonder – Bruce W Talamon photographed them all. His images, collected in a new book, capture an era before publicists controlled their stars“Nobody will ever understand what fun we had,” says Bruce ... more info

The cult of XXXTentacion: how fans pay tribute to an abusive rapper

2367 days ago
Guardian MusicThe death of the 20-year-old chart-topper leaves behind a trail of violence but to the network of fans who grieve him, he was a troubled geniusDeath is indiscriminate not just in its inevitability, but in its propensity for bleaching some of our dark... more info

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