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Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 13 March 1979

THEIR BIOGRAPHY calls them a "funky renaissance band" and I guess that does just about sum up the ADC Band, Detroit's own band who have ...

Boney M: A hit almost everywhere but here

Profile and Interview by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 18 March 1979

THEY'VE BEEN No. 1 in Germany and Japan, Israel and Kuwait, France, Peru, Portugal, Kenya and dozens of other countries. One of their singles recently ...

Brides of Funkenstein, The, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Funkadelic, Parliament: George Clinton & The Funk Mob

Report and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Unicorn Times, May 1979

GARY SHIDER and Mike Hampton held the stage at the Capital Centre in the fiercest rock'n'roll guitar duet in any local hall recently. Shider's fingers ...

Brecker Brothers, The: Brecker Brothers: The Studio And Its Discontents

Interview by Steve Bloom, Downbeat, 21 June 1979

It would be nice if we're going to do this to say some shit. I don't know what, but I'd really like for once to ...

Commodores, The: The Commodores Story

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 July 1979

THE COMMODORES have attained a peak that no black group before them has ever been able to attain. For 1978, they were the fourth best ...

Chic: Perfection In Planning

Interview by Robin Katz, Smash Hits, 15 November 1979

Or Wolves in Chics' Clothing? Robin Katz finds out. ...

Sly & The Family Stone: Sly Stone: Ten Years Too Soon (Epic); Sly and the Family Stone: Back on the Right Track (Warner Bros.)

Review by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 24 January 1980

It's too late to stop now ...

Defunkt, Raybeats, The, James Chance, James White and The Blacks: Defunkt, the Raybeats, James Chance: Funky, Punky and Chic

Report and Interview by Roy Trakin, Melody Maker, 15 March 1980

The Raybeats and Joe Bowie's Defunkt are working on New York's newest fusion: a post-No Wave music in which James Chance's punk meets George Clinton's ...

Commodores, The: The Commodores: 'Easy' like $60 Million

Profile and Interview by Steven X Rea, High Fidelity, April 1980

TOMMY McCLARY, his white Adidas pressed up against the sound-booth glass, sits in an insulated cubicle adjoining the studio control room eliciting a succession of ...

Booker T & The MGs, Steve Cropper, Mar-Keys, The, Blues Brothers, The: Steve Cropper: The Man Who Wrote The Book

Interview by Bill Bentley, LA Weekly, 1 May 1980

THE LATE sixties were a time for guitars, and five musicians — fifty fingers — appeared to naturally jump to the center of attention: Jimi ...

Miles Davis, Phyllis Hyman, Stephanie Mills, Mtume, Gary Bartz, Reggie Lucas: Mtume and Lucas on song...

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 1 July 1980

Having first met as members of the Miles Davis Band, Mtume & Lucas immediately sparked a mutual creative change which has resulted in a plethora ...

Defunkt, James "Blood" Ulmer: Defunkt: Defunkt (Hannibal HNL 1301); James "Blood" Ulmer: Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade 16, import)

Review by Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 21 January 1981

Funk/Punk Times Two ...

Chic Gets Its Class Act Together

Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 8 February 1981

NEW YORK — Chic's 1978 hit, 'Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah. Yowsah, Yowsah)', was the kind of novelty record that can ruin an act's career. The ...

Prince: A Dirty Mind Comes Clean

Interview by Andy Schwartz, New York Rocker, June 1981

WHO IS THE REAL Prince, anyway? The flashy, high-energy black pop star with the Stratocaster wearing Iggy Pop's underwear? Or the pleasant, soft-spoken fellow who ...

Prince: Strutting With The New Soul Monarch

Interview by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 6 June 1981

THIS FELLOW sitting across the table from me in an uptown Manhattan Holiday Inn room may be a Prince but he ain't no Charlie. ...

Rick James: Punk's Flashy Funkster

Interview by Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 5 October 1981

Rick James: Braided and Brassy Superstar Finds All That Glitters Turns to Platinum ...

Earth, Wind & Fire, Funkadelic, Prince: Whites Are Missing Good Rock By Blacks

Overview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 15 November 1981

IF YOU LISTEN to Baltimore's album-oriented rock (AOR) radio stations or any of dozens of similar stations around the country, you're unlikely to hear any ...

Earth, Wind & Fire: Earth, Wind and Fire: Living On A Met-Plane

Interview by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 21 November 1981

EARTH, WIND & FIRE'S MAURICE WHITE GETS METAPHYSICAL. BRINGING QUESTIONS OF HIS OWN DANNY BAKER ASKS: DO YOU BELIEVE MY FRIEND IN WHAT YOU CLAIM? ...

James "Blood" Ulmer: Blood Sounds

Interview by Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 10 January 1982

Funk Guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer: Harmolodic Karma ...

James Blood Ulmer: Streets, Boston MA

Live Review by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 19 January 1982

Ulmer builds a pressure cooker ...