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James Brown, B.B. King, Lloyd Price: Eyewitness: The Black Woodstock — 22-23 September 1974
Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Q, June 2000
As Muhammad Ali and George Foreman waited to go toe-to-toe in Zaire, Don King persuaded James Brown and BB King to headline a music festival. ...
Git Down!! The 50 Funkiest Records Ever Made!!
Guide by Various Writers, Rock's Backpages, June 2001
ONCE UPON a time there was Funk. THE Funk. The Rhythm of the One. Now it's all four-on-the-floor hard-house and techy trance, dance-muzik devoid of ...
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. ...
Faith Evans, Pink, Christina Milian: Bubblegum to chew over: Christina Milian, Faith Evans, P!nk
Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 11 January 2002
A teen diva can't compete with maturing talent, says Lisa Verrico ...
Sam Cooke: Keep Movin' On (ABKCO)
Review by Ted Drozdowski, The Boston Phoenix, 14 March 2002
THE TRAGIC DEATH of Sam Cooke remains one of rock and roll's great mysteries. Cooke was shot in the wee hours of December 10, 1964, ...
Nina Simone: Always Searching for a Key
Obituary by Ian Penman, The Wire, June 2003
The realisation that she was black in a country run by whites, a woman in a world run by men, turned Nina Simone into the ...
Beyoncé: The Solid Gold, Super Fly Destiny of Beyoncé
Profile and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, February 2004
SHE'S YOUNG, GIFTED and black. She's also devout, hard-working and extremely fly. ...
Live Review by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 9 January 2005
I'd rather be funky than a junkie ...
Soul II Soul's Jazzie B (2005) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 2 February 2005
This is a transcript of Bill and Frank's audio interview with Jazzie B. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Stevie Wonder (2005) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 26 March 2005
This is a transcript of Barney's audio interview with Stevie. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Irma Thomas: Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Irma Thomas
Retrospective and Interview by John Swenson, Offbeat, January 2006
IN 1960, ALLEN Toussaint and Irma Thomas showed up to audition at WYLD studio in New Orleans for Joe Banashak and Larry McKinley of Minit ...
Candi Staton (2006) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Gavin Martin, Rock's Backpages transcripts, April 2006
This is a transcript of Gavin's audio interview with Candi. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Candi Staton: How tragedy makes the diva
Retrospective and Interview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 13 February 2009
WHAT IS CANDI Staton doing on Valentine's Day? With hindsight, it seems an indiscreet question to ask a single 65-year-old woman. ...
Obituary by Andy Gill, The Independent, 26 June 2009
ROUSED FROM sleep with the shocking, if not entirely surprising, news that Michael Jackson was gone, I was halfway through my bowl of cereal when ...
Sam Cooke: Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (ABKCO Records)
Review by Gary Pig Gold, Rock's Backpages, February 2011
MOST EVERY single time the 20th century's greatest singer-songwriters find themselves getting lionized or even litanized, it seems one towering figure is strangely, sorrowfully AWOL. ...
HAIM: New Band of the Week: HAIM
Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 23 March 2012
A band featuring three sisters, who combine the wafty whimsy of folk with R&B beats. It shouldn't really work. It does ...
Review by Martin Aston, bbc.co.uk, 10 April 2012
This Alabama outfit might be the feel-good hit of the summer festival circuit. ...
Janelle Monáe: "I'm a time traveller. I have been to lots of different places"
Interview by Kate Mossman, The Guardian, 30 June 2013
She's an android-dating style queen who's been compared to Bowie. Is the R&B singer the saviour of pop? ...
Drake, The Weeknd: Drake/The Weeknd: Manchester Arena
Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 12 March 2014
ABEL TESFAYE, aka the Weeknd, is receiving the kind of cheers you rarely hear for what is technically a support act. The fast-rising 22-year-old Toronto ...
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 ...
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