Soul Sides — Los Africanos: Together People (Pamoja Watu) (TK, 197?, 7″) I love “shadow covers” – songs that heavily, ahem, “borrow” from existing hits as part of their core melodies or rhythms but aren’t necessarily true covers. Case in point,... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In the moments following the verdict that awarded the Marvin Gaye estate $7.3 million in a copyright infringement suit against musicians Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, the outraged comparisons looped through social media. Imagine, someone wrote ... more info

Core News — “Craig launches ‘The Funk & Soul Years’, which will run throughout 2015. We’ll be starting off in 1965, which was a huge year for the Funk & Soul Scene. James Brown was teaching us to do it on the 1. Wilson Pickett had been sent down to Memph... more info

Soul Sides — Melodiya Ensemble: Why Am I Treated So Bad? (Melodiya, 1973) Soviet jazz album. Melodiya was the state-run music label in the USSR and the Melodiya Ensemble was made up of musicians taken from across the Soviet empire in that era. Apparently, Co... more info

Core News — “This week’s show opens with James Brown’s ‘Sunny’…what a lovely tune…. right into a new Party Supplies tune w/ Action Bronson coming out on Fools Gold, from the Netherlands I have a new Lefties Soul Connection, a new Pusha T as well, a... more info

MTV.co.uk News — The actor stars in new biopic ‘Get On Up’ produced by Sir Mick, who also advised him on how to portray the frontman… more info

The Daily Mail — The overwhelming triumph of an amazing, electrifying performance by Chadwick Boseman as Brown, is that he captures all the dimensions of the man as well as the legend, writes BRIAN VINER. more info

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The Telegraph — Tim Robey reviews Tate Taylor's James Brown biopic Get On Up more info

The Telegraph — The Rolling Stones frontman tells David Gritten why he's made a film about James Brown's turbulent life more info