Ebony
Ebony is a monthly US entertainment title aimed at the African-American market. Dating back to 1945, Ebony also spawned the sister magazine, Jet.
37 articles
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D'Angelo: On D'Angelo and the Birth of Neo-Soul
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 14 January 2012
SOULCHILD, LEGEND, BADU, EVEN SCOTT (AS IN JILL) SHOULD THANK THEIR LUCKY STARS FOR THIS CAT ...
The Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley: At 72, Ron Isley Remains Contagious
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 15 July 2013
With one more solo album, This Song Is for You, dropping tomorrow, the Isley Brothers legend stays true to his soulful roots ...
James Brown, Funkadelic, The Ohio Players: Who Killed the Funk?
Comment by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 24 July 2013
MICHAEL A. GONZALES REFLECTS ON P-FUNK, THE OHIO PLAYERS, EARTH WIND & FIRE, ETC. AND WONDERS WHERE THE FUNK HAVE ALL THE FUNK GROUPS GONE? ...
Glenn Lewis Cooks Up Grown-Up Soul
Profile and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 29 July 2013
Refusing to become a footnote to modern R&B, the Canadian soulman makes a matured return with his long-awaited sophomore disc, Moment of Truth. ...
Earth, Wind & Fire 'Promise' to Keep Rocking
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 5 August 2013
WHEN EARTH, Wind and Fire's bass player extraordinaire Verdine White speaks affectionately about his influential group playing shows in the mid-1970s, one is instantly transported ...
Overview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 12 August 2013
BEGINNING IN THE early 1970s, a small army of female funk-rock performers that included Chaka Khan, Betty Davis, Labelle, Mother's Finest, Brides of Funkenstein, Parlet, ...
Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel turns 25
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 15 August 2013
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE it's been 25 years since the release of Bobby Brown's groundbreaking Don't Be Cruel. New-jacking the title from an old Elvis ...
Robin Thicke: The Blurred Lines of Blue-Eyed Soul
Essay by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 21 August 2013
ROBIN THICKE JOINS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELVIS ON THE SOULFUL WHITEBOY TIMELINE. BUT IS IT CULTURAL APPRECIATION OR APPROPRIATION? ...
Comment by Amy Linden, Ebony, 26 September 2013
Born 30 years ago this month, Winehouse seemed more intuitively connected to black soul than other white pop stars in her wake ...
Vintage Vision: Enter Wild Style, 30 Years Later
Retrospective and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 27 September 2013
THIRTY YEARS have passed since the cinematic rap classic Wild Style opened in a grimy Times Square theatre in 1983, and much has changed in ...
Wynton Marsalis Toots His Own Horn
Interview by Miles Marshall Lewis, Ebony, 8 October 2013
YES, WYNTON Marsalis has soul. The knee-jerk criticism of the 51-year-old jazz trumpeter ever since his self-titled 1981 album has been that, while always technically ...
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, O'Jays: The Sound of Philadelphia
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 18 October 2013
Sweet Philly soul has influenced the likes of Erykah Badu, the Roots, David Bowie and more. Michael A. Gonzales delves into the1970s sound. ...
Herbie Hancock: The Futureshock of Herbie Hancock
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 8 November 2013
As Sony Music prepares a 34-disc box set for next week, Michael A. Gonzales takes a look back at the pianist's storied career. ...
Herbie Hancock: Vintage Vision: The Futureshock of Herbie Hancock
Retrospective and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 8 November 2013
BLACK MUSIC, especially jazz, has never been afraid of change. Since strutting out of the Storyville whorehouses where piano players and horn blowers created the ...
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Wu-Tang Clan: Enter Wu-Tang's 20th Birthday
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 15 November 2013
Reminiscing on the 20th anniversary of the Wu-Tang Clan's debut, Michael A. Gonzales wonders if it was all so simple then. ...
Ice Cube, N.W.A, Public Enemy: When Ice Cube Was Hardcore
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 6 December 2013
ON THE HEELS OF RECENT ICE CUBE AND PUBLIC ENEMY ALBUM RE-RELEASES, MICHAEL A. GONZALES RECALLS WHEN ICE CUBE WAS HARD ...
André Cymone, Prince: André Cymone Returns to Rock the Spot
Retrospective and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 28 February 2014
Prodigal son of the Minneapolis Sound returns ...
Review by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 18 April 2014
WHEN IT COMES to the Minneapolis sound, most folks might believe the entire history begins and ends with the musical genius known as Prince. ...
Jay Z, Public Enemy: Still Smokin': 30 Years of Crack's Influence on Pop Culture
Essay by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 2 May 2014
With Showtime announcing John Singleton's upcoming Snowfall series, crack cocaine's sway on pop culture continues to grow ...
Aaliyah's Age Ain't Nothing but a Number Ages 20 Years
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 27 May 2014
THE LATE SONGSTRESS'S DEBUT ALBUM DROPPED IN MAY 1994, LAUNCHING A TOO-BRIEF CAREER THAT'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN ...
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 6 June 2014
WITH BLACK MUSIC Month here, it's a perfect time to reflect on the aural architects who helped shaped the noir soundtracks to our lives. ...
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy Pendergrass, the Heart of Philly Soul
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 20 June 2014
CELEBRATING BLACK MUSIC MONTH WITH SOME OF THE STANDOUTS OF R&B, SOUL AND HIP-HOP, MICHAEL A. GONZALES REMEMBERS THE LATE, GREAT TEDDY PENDERGRASS ...
Freda Payne Talks All That Jazz
Retrospective and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 11 August 2014
Vintage visionary Michael A. Gonzales checks in with the former EBONY/JET cover star's return to the singing stage. ...
Bad Brains, Fishbone, Living Colour: Afropunk Before Afropunk
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 29 August 2014
LAST WEEK, for the first time in years, I missed the Afropunk festival. The musical movement began as an extension of a 2003 documentary of ...
Faith Evans Resurrects '90s Swag on Incomparable
Report and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 13 October 2014
In this 20th anniversary of Bad Boy Entertainment, its former First Lady collabs with Missy Elliott for sixth studio album. ...
TLC Marks 20 Years of CrazySexyCool
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 18 November 2014
Vintage visionary Michael A. Gonzales speaks with producer Dallas Austin, director Lionel Martin and more about the landmark album ...
Billie Holiday: Blood on the Leaves: Eric Garner and 'Strange Fruit'
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 5 December 2014
"I CAN'T BREATHE," Eric Garner moaned moments before dying on a Staten Island street on July 17 of this summer. As one of millions who ...
Kendrick Lamar Voices the Ferguson Era
Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, Ebony, 17 March 2015
WE CAN FINALLY take Black Messiah off repeat; masterpiece two has arrived. To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar's thematically and musically layered 16-track sophomore album, ...
Umar Bin Hassan: Last Poet Umar Bin Hassan Returns for Revolution
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 7 April 2015
Are We Trapped, the latest from the voice of the Last Poets, flaunts the original Black revolutionary spirit that still inspires the likes of Kendrick ...
Sly & the Family Stone: Still All the Way Live
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 29 July 2015
BACK IN 1967, when funky trumpeter Cynthia Robinson joined forces with musical visionary Sly Stone, most "girls" in band units wore pretty dresses and harmonized ...
Teddy Pendergrass Turns Out the Lights… with Help
Report by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 18 September 2015
Duets – Love & Soul pairs the late soul singer with the likes of Angie Stone, Jody Watley and Rose Royce. ...
Retrospective and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 23 October 2015
Twenty years ago, singer Amel Larrieux and producer Bryce Wilson unleashed one of the unsung classics of the neo-soul era. ...
Natalie Cole: A Remembrance (1950-2015)
Obituary by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, December 2015
STELLAR SINGER and showbiz royalty Natalie Cole has passed away at the age of 65. ...
SWV: Still Sisters With Voices
Profile and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 22 January 2016
With their fifth studio album, Still, on the horizon, Taj, Lelee and Coko remain sisters after nearly 25 years in the music biz. ...
Michael Jackson: How Off the Wall Launched Michael Jackson into Orbit
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 27 January 2016
As Spike Lee's new Sundance-debuting documentary celebrates Off the Wall, vintage visionary Michael A. Gonzales pieces together the making of MJ's blackest album. ...
Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 22 February 2016
Refocusing on her God-given gifts, Charlene 'Tweet' Keys returns with a new studio album ...
De La Soul Is (Not) Dead: Inside the Anonymous Nobody
Retrospective and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 7 September 2016
30 years after the release of its groundbreaking first album, 3 Feet High and Rising, we catch up with this legendary crew. ...
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