Nu-funk, nu-jazz, and future soul … these were the terms used to describe underground soul in the mid-2000s. It was an international movement that spread…
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Questlove’s Soulquarians
In Questlove’s recent autobiography Mo Meta Blues, he describes the formation of the Soulquarians, a collective which coalesced during recording sessions for his Roots’ Things…
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Before she launched rap into the mainstream by releasing the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” Sylvia Robinson owned one of the odder labels of the 1970s.…
View More Sylvia’s All Platinum UniverseYacht Funk
There is no genre called “yacht funk,” but maybe there should be. It’s like a corollary to the widely recognized “yacht rock” sub-genre, with breezy,…
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The Scream Tour was exactly as advertised. I learned this when I attended a “Scream IV” concert in 2005, and found myself amidst tens of…
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