James Brown Docu Produced by Mick Jagger, Questlove & Black Thought Set for 2023 Release The legacy of James Brown will be brought to the small screen next year. A&E Network has announced that new four-part docuseries James Brown: Say It Loud will premiere in 2023, dire... Read More...
James Brown Estate Sold Music Catalog for a Reported $90 Million James Brown’s estate has sold a portion of the late singer’s music assets to Primary Wave, the publishing and management company, marking the latest blockbuster deal in the booming song acquisition market.... Read More...
Nelson George Mixtape: The R&B World Circa 1979-Black Music Departments Starting in the early ‘70s all the major record companies made a commitment to being in the black music business. Up until then prolific independent labels like Detroit’s Motown, Memphis’ Stax, New York’s A... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: Funky Demise of Black Band Culture, Part 2 The second section of a long essay about popular black music and bands examines, “where have the black bands gone?” Basically, into the 21st century black bands have become irrelevant to production... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape:The Funky Demise of Black Band Culture, Part One At the intermission of a performance in Boston in 1919, band leader James Reese Europe called an impromptu meeting with his two drummers, Steve and Herbert Wright. Apparently, Europe, a man who had high sta... Read More...
Soul Brother #1 Biopic Coming Universal Pictures has picked Chadwick Boseman, who just played iconic Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson in 42 as the lead for their biopic on James Brown. The Help’s Tate Taylor is directing ... Read More...
