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Featured: 0 (September 16, 2021) UK musician/producer Karum Cooper – who goes by the name of Webmoms – has an uncanny ability to arrange sounds and weave genres together. That talent has allowed him to recently gain major buzz...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,...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (September 15, 2021) Monique DuBose is someone who knows what it’s like to be in the middle. As a mixed-race child, she was often asked by others to choose a side and was often told by others that whatever side she...Wednesday, September 15, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (September 15, 2021) Full Flava has given music fans a lot of reasons to smile and move over the years. And the Rob Derbyshire-led collective is now refreshing many of their biggest hits from the past two decades in a...Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (January 14, 2021) Good Morning America announced today that legendary singer Janet Jackson will be issuing a brand new album next year and will be collaborating with a star-studded lineup of musical legends – including...Tuesday, September 14, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 In 1988, four guys from Pasadena known as Z’Looke made a memorable impression on R&B fans with their synth-funky brand of soulful new jack swing. Even with minimal promotional support in an era when the medium of music...Monday, September 13, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (September 13, 2021) Tonight we say a sad goodbye to bass player supreme, Melvin Dunlap , who was part of many of the greatest R&B and funk songs of the 1970s, from “Express Yourself” to “Lean On Me.” A Cleveland, Ohio...Monday, September 13, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 1 (September 13, 2021) We stop everything when the great Chaka Khan issues new music, so we're grinning from ear to ear with her brand new single "When The Time Comes," from the Amazon film Everybody's Talking About...Monday, September 13, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
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Featured: 0 September 13, 2021 — Welcome back to Another Groove , our series dedicated to new music that is neither pure soul nor R&B but which contains elements of those genres and may please your ears. This week we feature the...Sunday, September 12, 2021 from SoulTracks.com - News and Music Reviews
Featured: 0 (September 12, 2021) Earlier this year we were introduced to the music of Michigan-based singer, songwriter and pianist Hannah Baiardi, and we were immediately taken back three decades, to the era when radio was filled...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...Tuesday, December 29, 2020 from Funkatopia
2020’s best funk albums are here! We pick the best funk albums released in 2020 and this year was very difficult. In a year littered with a pandemic, elections, riots and protests, it was good to have a wealth of good music to...Thursday, November 5, 2020 from Funkatopia
Mr. Christopher sits down with R&B legend Melvin Riley, the lead singer from Ready For The post Interview: Melvin Riley (RFTW) first appeared on Funkatopia .Monday, September 7, 2020 from Funkatopia
Mr. Christopher interviews the incredibly talented young artist EmiSunshine about starting a career so early, The post Interview: EmiSunshine first appeared on Funkatopia .Sunday, September 6, 2020 from Funkatopia
Mr. Christopher chats with the legendary Jellybean Johnson on the 38th anniversary of The Time‘s The post Interview: Jellybean Johnson first appeared on Funkatopia .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!!!!...