Idolator — Uriel Jones, the last surviving drummer from Motown studio band the Funk Brothers, died from heart attack-related complications yesterday in Michigan. Jones was brought to the Motown fold as Marvin Gaye's tour drummer, but he caught on with the labe... more info

Guardian Music — Uriel Jones, one of the founding members of the Funk Brothers, has died aged 74 after complications from a heart attackUriel Jones, one of the original members of Motown band the Funk Brothers, has died after suffering complications from a heart atta... more info

BBC News - UK — Motown drummer Uriel Jones, best known for playing with the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, dies aged 74. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motown drummer Uriel Jones, whose hard-driving funk propelled classic tunes by the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, died in a Michigan hospital on Tuesday after suffering complications from a heart attack, a family member said. He... more info

All About Jazz — David Williams, 58, a session guitar player who performed and recorded with Michael Jackson, Madonna and the Temptations, among others, died of cardiac arrest March 6 at the Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton, Va., after suffering a stroke March 2.... more info

JamBase — By: Scott Caffrey While historical credit will go to Brooklyn's Antibalas as the first American blazers of Afrobeat, the Chocolate City's Chopteeth will be known as the ones who took it to the nth degree. With pedigree chops and a legitimate band... more info

Idolator — Hey, it's a list! Let's argue about it? Esquire has published an "unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative" rundown of 75 long-players that "every man should own" with the usual bite-sized commentary the magazine devotes to these sor... more info

Guardian Music — Soul guitarist whose comeback album brought him acclaimThe tremolo guitar of the US musician Robert Ward, who has died aged 70 after several years of ill health, stands among the most distinctive instrumental sounds of 1960s soul music. In 1990, havi... more info

Guardian Music — Multiple versions of the same re-formed act have become a problem for promoters, with different incarnations of the Beach Boys, War and Jefferson Airplane each claiming to be "authentic"Dozens of rival reunion bands are competing for gigs this summer... more info

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