If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past year or so, you may have come across a post or two about a Rhythm Scholar, a producer and DJ, who first came to my attention with […]
Tag: James Brown
If you follow this blog often, you’ll know that a few weeks ago I heard from a producer and DJ by the name of Rhythm Scholar, who released a slick disco/funk inspired remix of ABC’s “When […]
There are a handful of artists whose work has been so influential and so important that it reverberates and speaks to generations of musicians and listeners. How can one think of modern music without the […]
Album Review: A.J. and the Jiggawatts’ The Drop EP
A.J. and the Jiggawatts The Drop EP G.E.D. Soul Records Track Listing The Drop Don’t Mess With Me Throw a Fit Brown Bottle Fever Pimp Decisions Personnel A.J. Eason – vocals Tim Hawkins – bass […]
Growing up hearing soul music on a regular basis, I have to admit that it’s a unique pleasure to see that the old school soul sound has seen quite a renaissance over the past decade […]
A Q&A with the Dough Rollers’ Jack Byrne and Josh Barocas
Jack Byrne and Malcolm Ford formed the Dough Rollers in 2008, after bounding over their mutual love and appreciation for the blues. And much like countless bands before them, there have been a number of […]
I recently came across this live footage of one of Nashville, TN’s finest soul groups (and one of my own personal favorites), Derobert and the Half-Truths performing at Asheville, NC’s RiverMusic Festival earlier this month. […]
Is there anything more American than funk? Or James Brown? Or Soul Train? Or how about James Brown on Soul Train? i’d say no. So check out this compilation of Soul Train appearances made by the godfather […]
Album Review: Charles Bradley’s Victim of Love
Charles Bradley Victim of Love Daptone Records Release Date: May 28, 2013 Track Listing 1. Strictly Reserved For You 2. You Put The Flame On It 3. Let Love Stand A Chance 4. Victim […]
Over the last decade or so, soul music has seen an incredible resurgence in popularity among audiophiles as contemporary labels and acts across the country have taken up the sound – perhaps as revisionist/reactionary response […]
Crosstown Syndicate at the LIC Bar 12/31/12-1/1/13
This past New Year’s Eve, I caught local act, Crosstown Syndicate rock the LIC Bar in Long Island City, Queens with two sets of funky and soulful originals and covers. Naturally, that meant quite a […]
Nashville TN’s DeRobert and the Half-Truths are one of the funkiest contemporary bands in the country. G.E.D. Soul Records will be releasing a 7" with “I Got Burned,” which I posted earlier, and the B […]
DeRobert and the Half-Truth’s 2011 release, Soul in a Digital World was a worthy addition on my best of list last year because it was refreshingly old school and sincere, and showed how profoundly deep soul music’s […]
Washington, DC’s Fort Knox Five has become one of the leading groups in the global funk and breaks scene – as DJs the group have played shows on 5 continents and in over 30 different […]