But make no mistake, says Fred Wesley, the trombonist who by the time of Volume IV had become band director and arranger: James Brown, who can be heard playing organ on the album, was always in ...

James Brown is most often described as the “Godfather of Soul.” That’s a grand nickname, but it’s merited: over his five-decade-long career, Brown transmuted gospel music into modern ...

That was the night of my life. That did it. Listening to James Brown’s live album, Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971, Catfish plays some incredible lead guitar — especially ...

Bootsy Collins — bass legend, funk pioneer, omnipresent collaborator (James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Fatboy Slim, etc.) — is KCRW’s latest guest selector. He joins us on the heels of dropping his ...

James Brown: Say It Loud is a new four-part docuseries ... But the singer and performer knew that recording a live album would transmit that energy in unprecedented ways. Live at the Apollo ...

For their first album since their 2018 debut LP In the Promise of Another Tomorrow (and Flatspot Records debut), New York hardcore band Regulate are taking the leap and pushing their sound in all ...

After being released from prison, famed funk icon James Brown went to work to promote his new pay-per-view concert experience.

One powerful takeaway from James Brown: Say It Loud ... His Live at the Apollo album expanded the horizons of the recording industry, and his songs became a soundtrack for the civil rights ...

Singing in the James Brown Revue from 1967 through 1969, Whitney later released her album, It’s My Thing, which was produced and mostly written by Brown, including the title track, which she ...

James Brown was an iconic American musician who is recognized as one of the most influential figures in rhythm and blues, soul, funk and protest civil rights music. Born and raised in Augusta ...