Music legend George Clinton, who continues to tour the world performing funk-filled concerts, will be honoured for his contribution to music this fall in New York. Performing rights organization Broadcast Music,...
Black Twig Pickers photo courtesy of Tim Stuhldreher Cory Campbell photo courtesy of Ross Flora FRIDAY Modern Groove Syndicate A few years ago, this Richmond jazz/funk outfit performed regularly in Roanoke. Thank goodness, Modern Groove Syndicate is coming back to town....
It's always special when you get an exclusive on such a special swoop. The brief was; I'd get an hour of their time but to keep a low profile too. Never the less we at B&S were tickled pink to have been allowed into the very private world of Mr Craig Charles and his top...
"Do you mind if we get a little funky?" Shemekia Copeland asked her adoring audience at Jazz Alley the other night. The response was loud and definitive: You go, girlfriend. Bring the funky, because you got plenty. Copeland and her sizzling five-piece band are funking...
Boots Riley is not a morning person, but he is a deep thinker. Whether it's with the legendary Coup or Street Sweeper Social Club, Riley represents himself fully and gets his point across. While touring with Rock the Bells, he took the time for a phone interview. SSSC...
CINCINNATI - R&B and funk guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins has died at 66 at his Cincinnati home. AC = 1234 --> The older brother of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician William "Bootsy" Collins died Friday of cancer. Bootsy Collins' wife, Patti, said Wednesday that...
CINCINNATI - R&B and funk guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins has died at 66 at his Cincinnati home. The older brother of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician William "Bootsy" Collins died Friday of cancer. Bootsy Collins' wife, Patti, said Wednesday that Catfish Collins...
Joe Simpson AKA 'Eldridge Gravy' does his thing Photo: Greg Roth / SMI By Greg Roth / SMI There is nothing like ice cream, hot dogs, soda and music on a Fourth of July weekend in the Emerald City. The sun did it's best to hide out from the diverse Crowd at Cal Anderson...
New Orleans native Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews is only 24, but his musical lifeline is a long one. Andrews grew up in the Treme, the storied New Orleans neighborhood where jazz was said to have been born and where generations of musicians have lived. Music has been...
TRENTON, N.J. — Garry Shider, the longtime musical director of Parliament-Funkadelic whose funky guitar work, songwriting skills and musical arrangements thrilled fans around the globe and earned him a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 56....
UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — Legendary funk guitarist Garry Shider, whose work with Parliament-Funkadelic earned him a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was 56. Shider was known to millions of fans as "Starchild" or "Diaperman," the latter because of...