Unless you’ve been living in a cave over the past ten years or so, you’d likely know that soul music has seen quite a resurgence in popularity as contemporary acts have revived and taken up […]
Tag: Charles Bradley
Benjamin Booker, Mac Demarco, and Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaries at the House of Vans 6/12/14
Benjamin Booker, Mac Demarco, and Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaries The House of Vans June 12, 2014 Lately, I’ve been trying to balance the demands of my full-time job with running this site full-time and […]
Recently Charles Bradley, the Screaming Eagle of Soul was on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform “You Put A Flame On it,” one of the first batch of singles from Bradley’s incredible Victim of Love. And of […]
I receive a number of emails from bands, PR firms, labels, artists and band managers from all over the world but recently I received an interesting email from a fan of the Joy of Violent […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, and […]
With the release of his first recorded output back in 1969, Lee Fields has had an incredibly prolific 45 year career in which he’s toured with the likes of Kool and the Gang, O.V. Wright, […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life […]
The Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley will be continuing an extensive touring schedule to support his impressive 2013 release, Victim of Love with a number of domestic stops and a bunch of international stops, which started […]
The Best of 2013 — The Singles
2013 had been a pretty big year for the Joy of Violent Movement and for me both professionally and personally. Over 20,000 readers in over 20 countries across the globe have stopped to read reviews […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=QMBZ91328521&playerType=embedded Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings have not only been at the forefront of a soul music revival movement, they’ve also put the Brooklyn-based label, Daptone Records on the international stage as the primary purveyor of all […]
“The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” Charles Bradley was recently on George Stroumboulopolous Tonight‘s Christmas Eve Music Special to perform what may well be on the most seductive and most inspired Christmastime tunes i’ve heard. Throughout the […]
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort at the Bell House 11/23/13
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort The Bell House November 23, 2013 With the end of the year quickly approaching, I’ve been attempting to catch up with as much as I humanly can […]
Record Store Day, as you may know celebrates the culture of the independently owned and operated record store by bringing together music fans, artists and thousands of independent record stores through live, in-store events and […]
Record Store Day, as you may know celebrates the culture of the independently owned and operated record store by bringing together music fans, artists and thousands of independent record stores through live, in-store events and […]
Daptone Records Super Soul Revue at Williamsburg Park feat. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Budos Band and Charles Bradley 9/19/13
Daptone Records Super Soul Revue feat. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Budos Band and Charles Bradley Wiliamsburg Park September 19, 2013 Back on an early autumnal, mid September evening, I was in the converted […]