“BROWN GATTON” is a song Josh Smith recorded in 2017 for his album Still ... Singer and bandleader James Brown is, of course, the Godfather of Soul, and Danny Gatton, for those who may ...

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that ...

The film traces the birth of funk music to one person: James Brown. The Godfather of Soul, who once said ... even fit all their members on their album covers. Miller, whose comment about ...

He also portrayed the godfather of soul, James Brown, in the biopic. But he is most known for his portayal of black superhero King T’Challa in “Black Panther.” “Anything he touched turned ...

For funk aficionados, James Brown’s ... Which is why, initially, Soul On Top appears to be such a period anomaly. Recorded in November 1969, it’s a big band jazz album heavy on covers and ...

Making a galactic journey from glam-rock to his self-described “plastic soul,” the man who came ... touring with everyone from the Godfather of Soul, Brown, to the Main Ingredient.

The Godfather of Soul’s politics were a reflection of himself: a Black man who’d risen to superstardom out of the Jim Crow South. James Brown was the summation of Black American culture in ...

Heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes and Godfather of Soul James Brown were unable to give him much advice as they were unfamiliar to his kind of rise to fame.

It was for Saturday Night Live." Heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes told him, "Don't forget where you came from," and Godfather of Soul James Brown told him to stop cursing and to bury his ...

A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster ...