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Hamilton Bohannon: Bohannon: Have a Good Day…

Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, August 1975

Hamilton Bohannon has words with Tony Cummings... ...

Prince: 1999 (Warner Bros.)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, February 1983

DRESSED TO FUNK 

 ...

Don Covay, 1938-2015

Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 4 February 2015

Songwriter, singer and record producer whose compositions became hits for stars including Chubby Checker and Aretha Franklin. ...

Nelson George: The Death Of Rhythm & Blues (Pantheon, 256 pages, $18.95 hardcover)

Book Review by Mark Dery, LA Weekly, 28 July 1988

SOLD BROTHERS ...

Jimmy Castor Bunch, The: Bertha Butt meets Darth Vader... courtesy of Jimmy Castor, of course!

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 18 July 1978

WHEN IT comes to novelty disco tunes, Jimmy Castor has proven himself to be irresistible. Right from 'Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Calling You', through the ...

William Bell: The Musical River of Memphis: Deep, Wide and United

Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 27 September 2017

WRITTEN BY singer William Bell and keyboardist Booker T. Jones specifically for their Stax Records labelmate Albert King to record, 'Born Under a Bad Sign' ...

Prince: My Name Is Prince: O2, London

Review by Barney Hoskyns, The Times, 27 October 2017

I HADN'T anticipated the sudden pang of sadness as I walked in and saw all those gaudy, gloriously naff outfits. My eyes went straight to ...

Prince & the Revolution: Spectrum, Philadelphia PA

Live Review by Kris Nicholson, The Morning Call, 24 November 1984

Prince's curious merging of the sensual and sublime ...

Betty Davis, Miles Davis: Betty Davis: Putting the Miles behind her

Interview by Robin Katz, Let It Rock, October 1975

BETTY DAVIS is the amazon-sized, raucous, screeching ex-wife of Miles Davis who has copped (unofficially) this year's award for best B-side of a flop single. ...

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 ...

Steve Cropper

Interview by Bill Wasserzieher, Blues Revue, January 2001

GUITAR HEROES come cloaked in the mystique of the iconic loner. We call them guitar-slingers because they are like western heroes who ride into town ...

Cameo's Black-Rock Breakthrough

Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 15 January 1987

Veteran band goes Top Ten with 'Word Up' ...

Betty Davis, Miles Davis: Betty Davis: Aisles of Miles

Interview by Robin Katz, Sounds, 2 August 1975

The ex-wife or Miles Davis is now making it on her own account. Robin Katz reports ...

Al Green: Soul Deep

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, November 2008

IT'S A TOUGH CALL for most legendary soul music artists: how do you make a new album that will appeal to a contemporary audience while ...

Dennis Coffey: Guitarist Dennis Coffey: "No Room for Temperament in Music"

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 7 November 1969

WHEN YOU talk to him he impresses you as a confident man. He knows what's going on but chooses to do things his way rather ...

Wilson Pickett: Singer who revolutionised the sound of '60s Soul

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 20 January 2006

IN 1964 Wilson Pickett, who has died of a heart attack aged 64, was signed by Atlantic Records of New York. It was an era ...

Shuggie Otis: The Resurrection of Shuggie Otis

Retrospective and Interview by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2001

INSPIRATION INFORMATION disappeared shortly after its 1974 release, and the world soon forgot about Shuggie Otis, the promising young rock musician who made the record. ...

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 ...

Rufus Thomas: Rufus and The Funky Penguin

Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 1 January 1972

RUFUS THOMAS was half-way through a busy tour the last time we met. This time round I caught up with him just two days before ...

Five Star: 5 Star: "Like Any Father, I Just Want The Best For My Kids"

Interview by Lloyd Bradley, Q, November 1986

No discos. No stepping out with the opposite sex. Arranged marriages a distinct possibility. Is Buster Pearson, 5 Star's father and manager, being a touch ...


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