Questlove: New D'Angelo Album Will Be 'A Radical 180 Turn'
Questlove remembers the moment he called D'Angelo and asked him to make his first U.S. concert appearance in 12 years on June 9th, for the drummer's late-night Super Jam at Bonnaroo. "I said, 'It will...
View ArticleFaust and Ultraista Offer Panorama of Experimental Rock in L.A
For those with a taste for sonic iconoclasm, this past Friday provided an embarrassment of radical riches. On the very same night, it was possible to experience in the same city both the sounds of...
View ArticleHuey Morgan: Morgan Spice
It was a beautiful sunny day and perfect for strolling down the leafy streets of North West London. I was really excited, as I was about to meet one of the most likeable guys on the planet - the 'dude...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Celebrating 65 years of music from Grammy Award winning featured artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Bernie Worrell. The Bernie Worrell Orchestra announces 5 upcoming performances! New York, NY...
View ArticleLive music will keep Louisville rocking for almost a week, right up to the...
The math never really adds up at Kentucky Derby time. One event - one massive event, mind you - that lasts about two minutes versus weeks of promotion and pandemonium, the final four days of which are...
View ArticleAgeless duo still powerful performers
The Dispatch for smart phones The Dispatch app features breaking news, sports, weather, videos, movie times, gas prices, a flight tracker and much more. Download apps for your: ...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Celebrating 65 years of music from Grammy Award winning featured artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Bernie Worrell. The Bernie Worrell Orchestra will be performing in Somerville at Johnny D's on...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) comes to Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY for Funk Fest this Friday, Aug 17th. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) August 14,...
View ArticleGeorge Clinton brings Parliament-Funkadelic to Rib America Festival
The atomic dog is up to new tricks. Funk icon George Clinton, who will bring the current incarnation of Parliament-Funkadelic to Rib America Festival on Aug. 31, said he's found a groove making music...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) comes to Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ on Saturday, June 30th with special guests. Long Branch, NJ (PRWEB) June 16, 2012...
View ArticleRed Chair interview: George Clinton
updated 8:56 AM EST, Thu September 15, 2011 CNN Red Chair Interview: George Clinton ((New Orleans) CNN) -- When George Clinton enters the room, I wonder if I should salute him with an "Atomic Dog"...
View ArticleMy favourite album: Pirate's Choice by Orchestra Baobab
Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Caspar Llewellyn Smith gets carried away by a magical collision of Cuban and African sounds Where Dakar and Havana meet ... Detail from the sleeve...
View ArticleOld music: Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
For the recording of Maggot Brain, George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel to play 'like your momma had just died' – this extraordinary 10-minute solo was the result...
View ArticleFunkwagon presents Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original...
Funkwagon presents Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) with Funkwagon, Serotheft, A2VT, and special guest Kat Wright! Live at Metronome in Burlington, VT...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) with special guest, Felicia Collins (from David Letterman Show) Thursday, December 27 2012, 7:00pm at Mercury Lounge in...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) performs at The Putnam Den in Saratoga Springs, NY Friday, December 28 2012, 8:30 pm Saratoga Springs (PRWEB) December 21,...
View ArticleBring in the New Year with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original...
Bring in the New Year with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) Foggy Goggle at the Sunday River Ski Resort - Sunday River, ME, Monday, December 31 2012,...
View ArticleBernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)...
Bernie Worrell Orchestra (of Original Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads) performs at The Spot Underground in Providence, RI Saturday, December 29 2012, 11:30pm Providence, RI (PRWEB) December 21,...
View ArticleBobby Gillespie: 'The whole rock scene is a joke' – an interview from the...
It's March 1990, and Primal Scream are reinventing themselves, as Bobby Gillespie tells Melody Maker in this piece trawled from Rock's Backpages, the archive of vintage music journalism Free to do...
View ArticleCordell 'Boogie' Mosson, Parliament-Funkadelic Bassist, Dead at 60
Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, best remembered as the bassist for George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective, died last Thursday. He was 60. According to The Star-Ledger, no cause of death was...
View ArticlePariliament-Funkadelic Member Cordell “Boogie” Mosson Dies at 60
By Jon Wiederhorn Boogie Cordell Mosson, Bootsy Collins, Tye Tribbett and Dr. Cornel West (Johnny Nunez, WireImage) Legendary funk bassist and guitarist Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, who played with the...
View ArticleThey got the funk at Alive at Five
Albany "We want the funk, give up the funk," the crowd chanted. "We need the funk, gotta have the funk." They wanted the funk. They needed the funk. And no question about it, they got the funk from...
View ArticleOld music: Smith Perkins Smith – Say No More
Here's a soft rock classic with a country flavour from the 1972 album by American brothers Steve and Tim Smith, joined by Wayne Perkins. It's perhaps not the genre you'd have expected given their...
View ArticleGeorge Clinton Launches "The C Kunspyruhzy" Label via INgrooves Fontana
Under a new arrangement with digital distributor INgrooves Fontana, George Clinton revives his record label “The C Kunspyruhzy” with the first new Funkadelic release in over 20 years: “The Naz”...
View ArticleGov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre on New Year's Eve
By DOUG COLLETTE, Doug Collette CD/DVD Reviewer since 2003 DC writes regularly about rock and roll, jazz and the blues, composing reviews of CD's, DVD's, live performances, books and films, as well as...
View ArticleThe Brecker Brothers: The Brecker Bros. - The Complete Arista Albums...
By JOHN KELMAN, John Kelman Senior Editor since 2004 With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, John wonders why anyone would think that jazz is...
View ArticleTom Verlaine: Tuning in to the past
Tom Verlaine of vintage New York art-rock outfit Television talks to Russell Baillie about the band, coming to New Zealand this month for the first time Underground rock legends don't come much more...
View ArticleOld music: Ride – Twisterella
To my 17-year-old ears, this single was sunshine, hope and good times. But the only way was down for this band at the peak of their powers Twenty years ago, Britain inexplicably plumped for five more...
View ArticleBernie Worrell (Of Original Parliament Funkadelic/Talking Heads) comes to...
Bernie Worrell (Of Original Parliament Funkadelic/Talking Heads) comes to The Spot Underground in Providence, RI, August 10th. Providence, RI (PRWEB) August 06, 2012 The Bernie Worrell Orchestra will...
View ArticleDawda Jobarteh: Northern Light Gambian Night
By CHRIS MAY, From left: Dawda Jobarteh, Preben Carlsen, Salieu Dibba The album evokes not only the uplifting ambiance of Alhaji Bai Konte's recordings of the 1970s, but also the stately and amiable...
View ArticleTen great rock songs longer than 10 minutes (Photos)
THE RULES: No jazz or classical music included. There are WAAAY too many great songs in those genres that clock in past 10 minutes. So, I picked my favorite rock songs that were 10 minutes+ in their...
View ArticleJune 27 Alive @ 5 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic with Funk Evolution...
(Source: City of Albany, NY) All news June 27 Alive @ 5 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic with Funk Evolution June 27, 2013 2013 Alive at Five Concert Series Tonight, June 27 at Albany...
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