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Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 46

Following the blockbuster success of Superfly , Curtis Mayfield produced the soundtrack to Short Eyes , the film version of an award-winning play of about the murder of a pedophile in jail.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Short Eyes, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Superfly, Soul, Sing-Sing, Alternative

Sun Dec 06, 2009

98.1 KVET

Amen - Impressions

The quintessential Chicago soul group, the Impressions' place in R&B history would be secure if they'd done nothing but launch the careers of soul legends Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield.

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Related Topix: R&B, R-N-B, Soul, Jerry Butler

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Cool Hunting

Four Tet: DJ-Kicks

Lauded British experimental electronic musician Keiran Hebden, aka Four Tet , added DJ to his already impressive re sume with a residency at London's The End and more recently with a smashing mix CD for K7 's DJ-Kicks series.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Four Tet, The End, Soul

Wed Nov 25, 2009

CBC

Jacksoul lead singer dies

Jacksoul lead singer Haydain Neale died of lung cancer Sunday at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Related Topix: Soul, Black Entertainment, Sam Cooke

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Http

Album review: 'Routes to Riches,' by Mamas Gun

Mamas Gun know how to get down. On "Routes to Riches," they show flashes of Earth, Wind & Fire, Curtis Mayfield and other funk-soul giants, while putting their own modern twist on the genre.

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Related Topix: Soul, Entertainment

Sun Nov 22, 2009

San Diego Weekly Reader

Brighter Day

British singer Noel McKoy has been on the fringes of the soul and acid-jazz scenes since the late a 80s.

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Related Topix: Ballad, Noel, Acid-Jazz, The James Taylor Quartet, Superfly, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Soul

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Tallahassee.com

Cheers, Jaspers

When I met Jaspers' Jeremy Rasik and Kiley Bobbitt at the Engine Room for our interview one afternoon, we sat down with some of the best beers the bar has to offer and, with a "cheers," they drank and talked enthusiastically about music, theirs or otherwise, namedropping everyone from Curtis Mayfield and Chet Baker to Dirty Projectors and Kaki ...

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Related Topix: Soul, Chet Baker, Jazz, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, New Orleans, Tallahassee Metro, Tallahassee, FL

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Breath of life

Various Artists / a oePeople Get Ready Mixtapea

VARIOUS ARTISTS / "People Get Ready Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life - " 03 People Get Ready Mixtape.mp3 Curtis Lee Mayfield tuned his guitar to the black keys on the piano.

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Related Topix: Superfly, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Soul, The Impressions

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Notes from a Different Kitchen

New mixtape: DJ Chorizo - Chorizo Chunks #5

"The blog your favorite blogger reads...." Tuesday, October 13, 2009 New mixtape: DJ Chorizo - Chorizo Chunks #5 What's in the mix as broken down by Chorizo : "I started the mix with all Dilla productions then went into soul/funk/jazz/afrobeat/etc. [and played] tracks from: J Dilla, Pharcyde, Busta Rhymes, Slum Village, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, ...

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Related Topix: Blog News, Soul

Sat Oct 10, 2009

The Austin American-Statesman

Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne's "A Strange Arrangement" is one of the most unlikely albums of the year.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor Metro, Peanut Butter Wolf, Hip-Hop, Soul, The Temptations, Music, Entertainment

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Orlando Weekly

How now, funky Kow

The heat wave plaguing Orlando is finally taking a brief sabbatical on this Saturday night as Kow finishes a sound check before their set at Barbarella.

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Related Topix: Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL, Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave, Parliament, Soul, Funk

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Independent Weekly

Mayer Hawthorne's "The Ills"

Mayer Hawthorne isn't the first stage name for genre-hopper Andrew Cohen. For years, he performed under the name Haircut as part of the California hip-hop trio Now On and Michigan-based crew Athletic Mic League.

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Related Topix: Athletic Mic League, Hip-Hop, Detroit Metro, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor Metro, Motown, Soul

Fri Sep 25, 2009

NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

Brew Fest brings four bands to town

The Third Annual Brew Fest will take place tomorrow from 2 to 10:30 p.m. at the Amesbury Sports Park, 12 South Hunt Road.

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Related Topix: Amesbury, MA, Uprising, Reggae, Sly Stone, Funk, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye, Soul

Wed Sep 23, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Charles Wilson - 'Troubled Child'

Song stylist Charles Wilson's latest contemporary take on retro-soul should please any fan of beach music, Philly soul or Motown.

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Related Topix: Motown, Soul, Tyrone Davis

Mon Sep 21, 2009

Reverb

I've Been Listening to Curtis Mayfield, OutKast, and The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Duff McKagan's column appears every Thursday on Reverb. On Mondays he writes about what's in heavy rotation on his iPod.

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Related Topix: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Superfly, Crime Movies, Pop/Rock, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Outkast, Black Entertainment, Soul, Hip-Hop

Thu Sep 17, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Why we've got Cliff Richard wrong

Cliff Richard is a rock'n'roll pioneer, an accidental maker of experimental pop, and Britain's best exponent of sophisticated MOR.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Cliff Richard, Cliff Richard & the Shadows, Soul

Mon Sep 14, 2009

A.V. Austin

Daily Agenda: Sept. 14A

Here's a question to get the ol' work-week brain juices flowing: Between Super Fly and Shaft , which blaxploitation film has the better theme song? They're both the work of masters of funk and soul, with iconic - and endlessly sampled/parodied - intros and lyrics that provide a badass dossier on their subjects.

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Related Topix: Isaac Hayes, Black Entertainment, Soul, Superfly, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Jack

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Metromix Los Angeles

Mayer Hawthorne

Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mayer Hawthorne's style of retro soul hearkens back to such mid-century masters as Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Black Entertainment, Soul, Smokey Robinson, Music, Entertainment

Wed Sep 09, 2009

The Portland Phoenix

Review: The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker | Burn It Down

These Nashville-based high ministers of retro-groove - known for their muscular live sermons - broaden their gospel on CD #2, throwing horny Memphis soul arrangements like the funky done-broke-up Curtis Mayfield ballad "If I Had Known" and the slinky "I Got Love " into their bad-ass percolating mix.

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Related Topix: Soul, Music, Entertainment

St. Louis Jazz Notes

Recently on Heliocentric Worlds

Every couple of weeks, we use this space to deliver a brief reminder of the existence of StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds .

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Related Topix: Jazz, Thad Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Gary Bartz, Joey Defrancesco, Black Entertainment, Aretha Franklin, Soul

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