George Lucas’ Star Wars hit America like a pop culture meteor in the summer of 1977. The R&B scene wasn’t immune from the impact.
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The Celluloid Records Primer
Celluloid Records was an influential player in the New Wave culture clash of 1980s New York. A 2013 compilation explores its sundry connections.
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Black Power Music
This is an imaginarium of what a young revolutionary’s musical playlist would look like before 1971 and the dawn of Blaxploitation.
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If you are of a certain age – don’t worry, you don’t have to tell us – and grew up in California, then you may…
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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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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,…
View More Yacht FunkThe Boogie-Funk Underground
It’s been six years since Dam-Funk’s two-disc epic Toeachizown elevated boogie-funk from obscure dance music cult to a widely enjoyed pastime for 80s babies and…
View More The Boogie-Funk UndergroundBritish Jazz-Funk
Unlike New Romantic, Goth, and so many other fast fashions that whipped through the UK in the early 80s, British jazz-funk is barely known in…
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