Thursday, January 20, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (January 20, 2022) Sydney Raneé - an L.A.-based singer, songwriter, and producer - has been called “a mega talent to keep your eyes on,” and we at SoulTracks have been keeping our eye on her talent for some time now. ...Thursday, January 20, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (January 20, 2022) Born Mariah D. Hester, the Cleveland, Ohio based MARIAH. (stylized with capital letter and a dot at the end of it) is a young rising talent destined for greatness. Raised on church choir performances...Thursday, January 20, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 What more can we say about the great Maysa Leak? She is the most awarded woman ever in the SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, and she has established two incredible careers, first as part of the collective Incognito and...Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (January 19, 2022) Last year, Sheree Brown made a welcome return to music with “Take a Walk with Love,” the lead single from her first new album in nearly a decade, Messages from the Spirit…The Collective. Now,...Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (January 19, 2022) The beauty of Ward Brown’s new single “I’m Coming Home” is that it can work on so many levels. The tune is a romantic ballad about a man who is excited to come home to the woman he loves after a long...Tuesday, January 18, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (January 18, 2022) For a man with this much talent, Luke James should be more of a household name. The New Orleans native has been on the edge of stardom for a decade and a half. He's been nominated for a Grammy Award...Tuesday, January 18, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (January 18, 2022) “Summer Madness” is a song that represents the diversity of soul and funk music. An instrumental by Kool and the Gang, “Summer Madness” was not handicapped by the fact that it had no vocals. These...Monday, January 17, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (January 17, 2022) Canadian-born Sandra-Mae Lux gained considerable notice in the UK during 2020 with the release of her debut album, Happily Ever Now, and the dreamy midtempo soul nugget, “I’m Still Here.” The...Monday, January 17, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (January 17, 2022)Over the past few years, longtime R&B favorite Hilary Mwelwa, aka Hil St Soul , and producer Regi Myrix have proved to be a potent combination. With hits “One Life” and “No Worries” (ft. Noel Gourdin),...Sunday, January 16, 2022 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (January 16, 2022) George Benson’s “Give Me The Night” was one of the most memorable R&B crossover singles of the early 80s, and is considered a Yacht Soul classic. It came in the middle of Benson’s Imperial Period,...Friday, January 14, 2022 from Funkatopia
Mr. Christopher and Jeff Paige of Funkatopia Live sit down with Parliament Funkadelic keyboardist Danny Bedrosian. They find out some amazing details of his already storied career that had him fulfilling his destiny before he was even 20...Tuesday, January 4, 2022 from Funkatopia
2021’s best funk albums are here! Yet another year of great funk album releases for 2021 and they were plentiful. We were also embarrassed by how much we slept on 2021 in regards to reviewing new music for you during the year. We...Friday, December 31, 2021 from Funkatopia
Funkatopia founder Mr. Christopher completely flipped his lid by making multiple changes to his funk fortress that most would consider crazy. A new 24/7 Prince station, a complete FUNKEDUP broadcast overhaul, and a dedication to a new...Monday, September 20, 2021 from Funkatopia
When Prince passed away, there were millions of fans and devotees left in its wake. Among those left behind were a wide variety of fans from casual listeners with their Purple Rain shirts from Old Navy to the hardcore purists who had...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from Funkatopia
Funkatopia Live continues its series on Prince’s Band and is joined by NPG members Morris Hayes, Tony M, Mike Scott and Levi Seacer, Jr. to reminisce about the early days of the New Power Generation. They discuss the current tour,...Monday, May 31, 2021 from Funkatopia
For a second time, author and Prince historian Duane Tudahl set out to do something that could never be questioned or contradicted when it came to telling Prince‘s real story. Painstakingly digging through hundreds, if not...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Funkatopia
Prince has always been in the middle of unique marketing opportunities and trying to step ahead in unexpected forays. Even though we’ve crossed over the 5 year mark of a planet without his presence, his beautiful muse Damaris Lewis...Thursday, March 11, 2021 from Funkatopia
Mr. Christopher welcomes Mazarati‘s BrownMark and GSharp as they celebrate their 35th anniversary of the release of their debut album. The stories of Prince‘s involvement, the real musicians behind the scene, hilarious...Monday, February 1, 2021 from Funkatopia
Throwback interview from Mr. Christopher and Donna Grantis. Chatting about Third Eye Girl and her time with Prince, the creation process of Plectrumelectrum, her amazing album Diamonds and Dynamite, and lessons learned from royalty. The...Monday, February 1, 2021 from Funkatopia
From Zap Mama to Prince‘s 3rd Eye Girl to The Ida Nielsen Band, funk bassist Ida Nielsen talks about the journey and some of the background stories of the creation of her new album Time 2 Stop Worrying (Bout The Weird Stuff) The...Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from Drfunkenberry.com
PRINCE Originals is now available for download & CD purchase after appearing exclusively on Tidal Music since June 7th. The music features PRINCE’s original versions he gave to other artists... The post PRINCE Originals is now...Sunday, March 22, 2020 from Soul and Jazz and Funk Latest
William DeVaughn's 'Be Thankful' is a 24 carat soul classic – with a message more important now than ever! It has, of course, been covered dozens of times – most recently by the UK's SOUL MESSENGERS (Steve Lee, John Anderson, Anthony...Sunday, March 22, 2020 from Soul and Jazz and Funk Latest
US music sites are reporting the death "sometime in March" of Washington soul singer SKIP MAHONEY. Mahoney (real surname Mahoaney) formed his band The Casuals in 1965. They played the local DC circuit and enjoyed some regional hits –...Sunday, March 22, 2020 from Soul and Jazz and Funk Latest
By now you'll be aware that country star KENNY ROGERS died on Friday, 20th March aged 81. The Texas born singer was a country icon, known for his famous story line songs. In 1980 though his career trajectory brought him into the soul...Friday, March 20, 2020 from Soul and Jazz and Funk Latest
In their earlier days loads and loads of top names have won the famed Apollo talent show. Recently a young man, OMAR WILSON secured a hat trick of victories and his debut album is winning plenty of plaudits. From that LP his latest...Friday, March 20, 2020 from Soul and Jazz and Funk Latest
bbe Music have just released a real treat for fans of good ol' ROY AYERS. Their people recently went through the tapes of Ayers' 'Virgin Ubiquity' studio sessions and discovered a previously unreleased gem... a smooth and soulful...Tuesday, September 11, 2018 from Drfunkenberry.com
Article special to DrFunkenberry.com written by Francine Tardo. As an experienced concert goer, I regularly do my “homework” prior to attending a show – researching setlists and doing “crash courses”...Wednesday, June 27, 2018 from Drfunkenberry.com
PRINCE’s NPG (The New Power Generation) will perform at the legendary First Ave. in Minneapolis for the very Princely sum of $31.21. The event will also be televised via PPV...Wednesday, June 27, 2018 from Drfunkenberry.com
The Sony deal with the PRINCE Estate is now official and the details include 35 catalog albums to be re-released via Sony Legacy Recordings and includes material from 1995-2010. World-Wide...Monday, June 25, 2018 from Drfunkenberry.com
This past Saturday, on the eve of PRINCE’s “Purple Rain” celebrating 34 years since it’s release, live music returned to Paisley Park for the first time since early 2016. Sure,...Monday, June 25, 2018 from Drfunkenberry.com
Beyonce & Jay Z’s surprise album release of “Everything Is Love” got everyone’s attention…but was it enough to debut at #1? Before being released to Apple Music and other platforms,...Monday, June 25, 2018 from Drfunkenberry.com
Liv Warfield has added more tour dates to her Mini U.S. Tour including a Los Angeles Date with Nancy Wilson Of Heart featuring the N.P.G. horns! GEARING UP 4 JULY!!!!...