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1 week 2 days ago
Seven Soulful Picks for Record Store Day 2021

In a sign of good things to come for music lovers, Record Store Day has announced their RSD Drops for 2021!

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L-R: Justin Bieber, Gerald Levert
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1 week 2 days ago
LISTEN: The Gerald Levert Song Sampled on Justin Bieber's New EP
He was only four when the song came out!
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Rick James in 1981
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1 week 4 days ago
Give It to Me: Rick James' 'Street Songs' At 40
A super success for the Super Freak.
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Billie Holiday's 'Music for Torching'
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1 week 4 days ago
A Forgotten Classic: Billie Holiday, ‘Music for Torching’
In praise of a sentimental favorite.
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A still from 'Amazing Grace'
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1 week 4 days ago
The Strange Journey of Aretha Franklin's 'Amazing Grace' Documentary
A classic concert film nearly 50 years in the making.
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B.B. Dickerson of War (left, with Lee Oskar)
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1 week 5 days ago
B.B. Dickerson of War Dead at 71
The bassist was a key component of the band's sound.
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James Brown performing in England in the 1970s.
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1 week 5 days ago
Funky Five: James Brown in the '70s
Late period classics from the Godfather of Soul.
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Hugh Masekela in 1968
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1 week 5 days ago
Still Grazing: An Introduction to Hugh Masekela

Born April 4, 1939, trumpeter, composer and bandleader Hugh Masekela was one of South Africa’s greatest cultural and musical exports, a man equally adept at commercializing the swirl of jazz and cr

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