Miami New Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Few sounds are as infectiously timeless as New Orleans funk. Credit bassist George Porter Jr. for helping create that unstoppable sonic template while he was a member of the Meters in the mid-'60s. He has since maintained the smoldering grooves as a side man for the likes of David Byrne and with ...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Live Recording... Louisiana music has been one of Rounder's strong points in the 1980s and 1990s -- not only zydeco and cajun music, but also soul, blues, jazz, and rock. In 1993, the Boston-area label opened its own vaults to assemble The Best of Louisiana Music, which isn't essential, but is enjoyable on the whole. Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas' "Your Mama Don't Know" and Buckwheat Zydeco's...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
In the late '60s, New Orleans' The Meters became one of the main purveyors of the gritty, urban funk that would come to dominate 1970's black music. After working together as a session band, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr., drummer Zigaboo Modeliste and keyboardist Art Neville began to release soulful, instrumental party records in the marketable mould of Booker T. and the MG's....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Porter Batiste Stoltz Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, Colorado February 22, 2008 Is it just me, or is Denver getting to be a funky town? Maybe it's a new funky lifestyle: New Orleans style. Friday night the New Orleans power/funk trio of Porter, Batiste, Stoltz constructed groove after fortified groove over the course of two sets and about two and half hours of playtime...
IckMusic (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
The Meters. Dr. John. Professor @#!% Longhair. Earl King. ‘Nuff said.
Velociworld (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
I saw this bus passing through Alma, Georgia. Alma is approximately halfway between Uvalda and the Middle of Fucking Nowhere. It's also the hometown of Harry Crews. And, apparently, D.J. Simon and the Mighty Imperials. I thought this beater...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Some of you may recall that in January as the rhetoric from the Clinton camp became more heated and as some accused the Clinton camp of focusing on race in their rhetoric, (Obama was "shucking and jiving" etc.), former President Clinton went on Al Sharpton's nationally synicated radio show to clear the air. African-American political talk radio is taking off and there's little doubt that...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 02/27/08 -- FISSION ENERGY CORP. ("Fission" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FIS) and its joint venture partner, the KEPCO Consortium, are pleased to announce results for previously reported zones of radioactivity in dri..
IGN (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
Grey's Anatomy (Cell) Doctor, doctor. Can't you see I'm burning, burning?
The Urban Shop (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
Funny really the things you say at times but in the event of me doing a Ratner here goes. I was chatting with Tricksta the other day about some of the old radio shows and he asked if like the current show (Jan 08) Me “ nah a bit banging for me and as you know I’m not a big hip hop fan” Tricksta “ you wouldn't think that with the people you sponsor” At this point we both...
Minor Wisdom (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
The Meters, Earl King, Professor Longhair, and Dr. John show the folks at Montreux (I think) what Mardi Gras is all about. Happy Mardi Gras, y'all.
breath of life (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
We start off kicking funky love songs with The Meters, Funkadelic, David Nunez, The Isley Brothers, King Floyd, Betty Davis and Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. Then we head out to the great Northwest and reason a spell with Blue Scholars. We close out with a Brazilian interlude featuring Da Lata, [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
A horn-laden funk fest during which Floyd repeatedly begs the object of his affection for a kiss. So to speak.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
Stevie Wonder is taking the stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival ... Charlize Theron to receive a Hasty Pudding award ... and more.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
NEW ORLEANS -- Stevie Wonder has not performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 35 years, and has never headlined the event. Organizers want to change that this year.
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