James Brown

Dick Clark's Business Lesson

Nelson Davis | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Ryan Seacrest, Dick Clark, Donald Trump, Radio, Merv Griffin, '70s Music, Walter Annenberg, Tv Programming, Media, Entrepreneur, American Bandstand, NBC Network, James Brown, Business News

Unbridled enthusiasm is a success magnet. While many people of his age were eyeing a rocking chair, Dick was fishing for opportunities.

Read Post

Look Out Now!: Conversations With the Gaddabouts' Edie Brickell & Steve Gadd, Plus Eric Hutchinson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: New Bohemians, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Larry Goldings, Jason Mraz, Kanye West, Paul Simon, Edie Brickell, The Gaddabouts, Kelly Clarkson, Billy Joel, Carter Albrecht, Matt Hires, The Beatles, Grey's Anatomy, Joe Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Pedrito Martinez, James Brown, Charlie Sexton, Sisters of the Traveling Pants 2, Empire Weekends, Axel Tosca, The Shins, G. Love, Matt Nathanson, Bob Dylan, Jack?S Mannequin, Joey Defrancesco, Bruno Mars, Anya Marina, Jay Leno, Steve Gadd, Cashman & West, Ronnie Cuber, The Black Keys, American Idol, Pino Palladino, Eric Hutchinson, Andy Fairweather-Low, David Letterman, Edie-Brickell, Entertainment News

After 40 years, the Eagles are touring in countries in which they never previously performed. Last year was mainland China and this year, it's the Middle East and South Africa.

Read Post

New Book Shows A Different Side Of James Brown

AP | MICHAEL ASTOR | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: James Book, The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, James Brown, Black Voices News

"The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" (Gotham Books), by RJ Smith: When James Brown was imprisoned in 1988 after leading police on a two-state ...

Read Whole Story

Did You See Saul Alinsky the Other Night at the Kennedy Center?

Rebecca Sive | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Rev. Al Sharpton, President Obama, Newt Gingrich, James Brown, Politics News

Of course, had you looked, you wouldn't really have seen Saul Alinsky (he died in 1972), but, I'm here to tell you, you would have seen Alinsky's ghos...

Read Post

The Wayman Tisdale Story and Scars & Stories: Conversations With Director Brian Schodorf and The Fray's Isaac Slade

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Don Ienner, Michael Jackson, American Justice, Shaquille O?Neal, Bill Curtis, Greensburg, Wayman Tisdale, Chasrlie Wilson, George Duke, Regina Tisdale, Dave Herrera, Grey's Anatomy, Brian Schodorf, Michael Jordan, Michael Bublé, Cold Case Files, Nerf, The Gap Band, Timbaland, The Fray, Toby Keith, Poverty in Chicago, Isaac Slade, Ani DiFranco, O.a.R., James Brown, Entertainment News

Read Post

Keeping Time With Tom Sachs: An Interview With the Artist

Kisa Lala | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Tom Sachs, Todd Selby, Kisa Lala, The Selby, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Interview, Ki?a Lala, James Brown, Arts News

Read Post

7 Christmas Songs That Don't Suck

motherjones.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, John Lennon, Christmas Carols, Ike and Tina Turner, Christmas Songs, Christmas, Tina Turner, Music, Keith Richards, Music-Covers, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Fifty News

By now, it's almost impossible to remember a time when local radio stations weren't blasting Christmas/winter/secular-Santa music 24/7. You've probabl...

Read Whole Story

Anthems, World Changers and Western Teleports: Chatting With Naughty By Nature, John Medeski and Emperor X

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Clyde Stubblefield, Bob Moses, The Word, Naughty by Nature, Rainer Maria Rilke, DJ Kay Gee, Miles Davis, Walter Benjamin, Billy Preston, Groove Holmes, Joe, Baruch Spinoza, Billy Martin, James Brown, Battlestar Galactica, Queen Latifah, John Medeski, Jorge Luis Borges, Medeski Martin & Wood, Paul McCartney, Robert Randolph, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Red Hot Organization, Jimmy McGriff, Joel Sternfeld, Jimmy Smith, Chris Wood, New Style, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, American Idol, Larry Young, Jimi Hendrix, North Mississippi Allstars, John Scofield, Emperor X, Muzombo, Treach, Rakalam, Entertainment News

Read Post

Maroon 5 with Travie McCoy on SNL, Plus Chatting with Vince Gill, Trombone Shorty and Paul Rodgers

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Trombone Shorty, Maroon 5, Warren Haynes, Sam Cooke, Garah Gill, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, Rosanne Cash, Pete Wasner, Ashley Monroe, Maggie Bell, Corrina Gill, Detective, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, Vince Gill, The Everly Brothers, Steve Lukather, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, Jasmine Rogers, Booker T. And the MGs, Dylan O'brien, U2, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Jazz Fest, Po' Folks, Solid Gold, Gym Class Heroes, Brad Paisley, Jenny Gill, Pure Prairie League, Tuba Fatts, Eric Clapton, Slash, Elmore James, Pistol Annies, Paul Kossoff, Keith Urban, The Firm, Treme, Queen, Neal Schon, Bob Ezrin, Travie McCoy, Will Owsley, Robert Lucas, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ian Hatton, Amy Grant, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Alison Krauss, James Brown, Les Paul, Bekka Bramlett, Green Day, Free, Paul Rogers, American Bandstand, Canned Heat, Luther Allison, Mr. Haney, John Lee Hooker, Lenny Kravitz, Green Acres, The Ministry, Jimi Hendrix, Nin, James Taylor, Entertainment News

Read Post

Was James Brown Also The Godfather Of Debt?

AP | SUSANNE M. SCHAFER | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: James Brown Estate Debt, Soul Music, James Brown Debt, Rhythm and Blues, James Brown, James Brown Estate, Fifty News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — James Brown's charitable trust had withered to just $14,000 and his estate was saddled with more than $20 million in debt befor...

Read Whole Story

Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

Read Post

James Brown's Ex-Manager Gets Three Year Home Sentence

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: James Brown, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

AIKEN, S.C. -- James Brown's former manager has been sentenced to three years of home confinement on charges he took more money than he was allowed un...

Read Whole Story

6 Crazy Claims Made About The Remains Of Dead Celebs

www.thefrisky.com | David Moye | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, Hollyweird, Courtney Love, James Brown, Weird News News

The zombie apocalypse hasn't happened ... yet. However, there is another form of walking dead: Celebrities who have passed away, but whose memory stay...

Read Whole Story

The Estate Woes of James Brown: A Lesson in Planning

The Atlanta Post | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: James Brown Estate, James Brown Inheritance, Estate Planning, Bv-Money, James Brown, Black Voices News

Even though the late, great James Brown has “at least” nine children and was married at the time of his death on Christmas in 2006, he set up his ...

Read Whole Story

The Estate Woes Of James Brown: A Lesson In Planning

The Atlanta Post | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Personal Finance, James Brown Estate, James Brown, Black Voices News

Even though the late, great James Brown has "at least" nine children and was married at the time of his death on Christmas in 2006, he set up his will...

Read Whole Story

From LP1 to a Sky Full of Holes: Chatting With Joss Stone and Fountains Of Wayne, Plus The Beau Brummels' Bradley's Barn (Audio)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: John Legend, That Thing You Do, A.r. Rahman, Josie and the Pussycats, Live 8, Britney Spears, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Mike Viola, The Beau Brummels, Pride, Andy Chase, Dave Stewart, Bob Dylan, Chris Collingwood, Tom Hanks, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Super Heavy, Joss Stone, Glaad, Fountains of Wayne, Adam Schlesinger, The Tudors, American Dreams, American Dad, Gladys Knight, Van Hunt, Damian Marley, James Brown, Eragon, Entertainment News

Read Post

James Brown Impersonator 'Splits Open Room' When He Performs

HuffingtonPost.com | Erin Clements | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Christopher Henry Gallery, Kelsey Bennett, James Brown Impersonator, Black-Velvet, Black Velvet Exhibit, Charles-Bradley, Tip Top Club, James Brown Impersonator Exhibit, James Brown, James Brown Black Velvet, Video, Culture News

When photographer Kelsey Bennett first saw James Brown impersonator Black Velvet’s act last summer, she knew she’d found her next subject. “When...

Read Whole Story

A Film Called Quest: A Peek At Beats, Rhymes And Life

Wyatt Closs | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: When We Were Kings, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, Mick Jagger, Rap, Beats Rhymes and Life, Brooklyn, Jarobi, Woody Allen, Native Tongue, Paul McCartney, DJ Red Alert, Spike Lee, Sony Classics, Jeff Chang, Hip-Hop, Havelock Nelson, James Blagden, John Lennon, Tribe, La Film Festival, Mtv, Phife, Michael Rapaport, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Pablo Picasso, Sundance, A Tribe Called Quest, James Brown, Entertainment News

Read Post

"National and International Known, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One... Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brown!"

Binky Philips | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: The Apollo Theater, 1965, Jimmy Nolen, Madison Square Garden, Binky Philips, Mighty Clouds of Joy, James Brown, T.a.M.I. Show, Entertainment News

Even at 12 years old, middle-class white Beatles boys like us knew full well that James Brown was a god. Soul Brother Number One. His T.A.M.I. show appearance cemented his Already-Mammoth-In-New-York stature on an exponential level.

Read Post

HuffPost Reviews: AC/DC and Jane Roman Pitt, Plus A Conversation with Grammy Nominee Chip Taylor and an Elvis Costello Audio Stream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Lauderdale, Van Morrison, Al Gorgoni, Pete Finney, Meat Loaf, Dick Charles, Chip Taylor, Robert Ellis, Dixie Chicks, Brian Johnson, Donovan, Tim Moore, Judy Rodman, Judy Collins, King Records, Martha Jacobs, Elvis Costello, Karen Carpenter, The Byrds, Anne Murray, Johnny Cash, Cameo/Parkway, AC/DC, Angus Young, Shaggy, Malcolm Young, Billy Vera, John Platania, U2, Warner Bros. Records, Jack Johnson, Gram Parsons, Curt Perkins, Merrilee Rush, Sade, Glen Campbell, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Mac Gayden, Barry Voight, Billy Gibbons, Ace Frehley, Mannheim Steamroller, Bill Frisell, Evie Sands, Joe Perry, Philip Morris, Robert Alford, Willie Nelson, Hank Ballard, Judy Clay, Neil Bogart, James Brown, Hugh Pretwood, Juice Newton, Carrie Rodriquez, Tommy Cogbill, Phil Sutcliffe, Buddah Records, Chris Slade, Jon Voight, Joe Bonomo, Tom Waits, Steve Vai, Emmylou Harris, Kendal Carson, Brian Ahern, The Troggs, Jane Roman Pitt, Henry Glover, Sxsw, Chips Moman, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Ladylullaby, Entertainment News

So, you think you know all things AC/DC? Really. Well, take a hit of the essays, historical photos, memorabilia, and general overkill contained between the over 225 pages of High Voltage Rock 'N' Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History.

Read Post

From DJ Heroes to Old Time Gospel: Conversations with Aaron Neville and DJ Qbert

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Linda Ronstadt, Them Crazy Legs, DJ Hero 2, Tony Hawk, Z-Trip, Sam Cooke, Torsion Field, Activision, Rock Steady Crew, Cyril Neville, deadmau5, The Meters, A-Trak, The Del-Royals, Brother Joe May, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wu Tang Clan, James Brown, Pete Fountain, DJ Qbert, Blind Boys of Alabama, The Soul Stirrers, DIsco Mix Club, FM 20, Bullet Proof Scratch Hamsters, DJ Apollo, Joe Henry, Aaron Neville, Ken Pennell, Mix Master Mike, Allen Toussaint, Crave, Electric Cars, Entertainment News

Read Post

From D.C.'s Kennedy Center to East of Angel Town: Conversations with Branford Marsalis and Peter Cincotti

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nea, The Commodores, Daniel Radcliffe, Funkadelic, Spider-Man, Josh Groban, The Kennedy Center, Keith Jarret, Miles Davis, Billy Joel, Jochem Van Der Saag, Otis Redding, Alexa Ray Joel, Ellis Marsalis, Shostakovich, David Foster, Delfeayo Marsalis, Louis Armstrong, Elton John, Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Brahms, Charlie Parker, James Brown, Parliament, Branford Marsalis, New York Philharmonic, Frankie Trumbauer, Ornette Coleman, Led Zeppelin, Peter Cincotti, Mahler, December Boys, Humberto Gatica, Donald Harrison, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Montreal Jazz Festival, Sidney Bechet, Pink Floyd, Teo Macero, American Idol, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Prokofiev, Sting, Entertainment News

Legendary jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis has been accumulating a series of honors, with the upcoming NEA's Jazz Masters Award being one of the most prestigious yet.

Read Post

Angelique Kidjo and "The Sound of the Drum"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, Babatunde Olatunji, Batonga Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Official World Cup Kick-Off Concert, Bono, Buena Vista Social Club, Aretha Franklin, South Africa, African Drums and Chants, Gilberto Gil, Celia Cruz, West Africa, Entertainment News, Carnegie Hall, James Brown, John Legend, The Sound of the Drum, Unicef, Sacred Instrument, Stax, Roy Hargove, Youssou N?Dour, African Music, Omara Portuondo, New York City, Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, Memphis, Education for African Girls, Soccer, Grammy Award, Jimi Hendrix, The Beat, Kompa, Grammy Awards, Oyo, Entertainment News

Beninoise singer Angelique Kidjo has had a spectacular year. In April she released her newest album, OYO, where she revisited the music that inspired ...

Read Post

Pneumonia's Final Verse

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carson Kressley, World Pneumonia Day, GAVI Alliance, Bruce Cockburn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bernie Mac, Hugh Laurie, Pneumonia, Orin Levine, Patrick Swayze, James Brown, Madonna, Bono, World News

A quick Google News search this morning using the term "pneumonia" brought up a bunch of stories. Most of them were about Canadian folk singer Bruce C...

Read Post

HuffPost Review: John Legend & The Roots' Wake Up!, Plus Conversations With Seal and Matt White

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eugene McDaniels, Mumford & Sons, Teddy Pendergrass, Henry Hirsch, Sam Cooke, Billy Joel, Otis Redding, David Foster, Richard Nixon, Woodstock, Elton John, Matt White, Batman Forever, Quincy Jones, James Brown, John Legend, Simon & Garfunkel, Madonna, Nirvana, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Bon Iver, Led Zeppelin, The Roots, Heidi Klum, Peter Cincotti, Bob Dylan, Lykke Li, David Baron, Curtis Mayfield, Roberta Flack, Temper Trap, Lenny Kravitz, Brendan James, Arianna Huffington, Joel Schumacher, Bruce Springsteen, Seal, Entertainment News

Read Post