The Delfonics News

J une 21 and 22, Kansas City will be part of the Juneteenth celebration, in which 15,000 people from around the Midwest will get together to celebrate and be part of this important festival.

The Delfonics, accompanied by musical director Bill Jolly and a 25-piece soul-'n'-strings orchestra, delighted a sold-out crowd at the Borgata Event Center on Saturday night.

"I think we're the '80s Beatles. If we had been born 20 years earlier, maybe the world would have seen that.

“The minute I put him on as the headline at my show in Vegas, ticket sales went through the roof”

If a musical about pimps and Christians doesn't raise a few eyebrows - especially one starring "Darke" Gable, a rapping Rodney King and late '60s soul group The Delfonics - then heaven knows what will. via Bakersfield Californian

Step back in time with the '70s Soul Jam at the Aronoff Center for the Arts tonight and hear hits from the Stylistics , The Emotions , The Delfonics and the Chi-Lites . 8 p.m., 650 Walnut St., downtown. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

“Because he's a fantastic drummer. He's fantastic. He's tight.”

George Allen Miles, Jr. next to Jimi Hendrix known as Buddy Miles, was a rock and funk drummer, most known as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 until Hendrix's death in 1970. via Insight News

Music Fo' Grown Fo'ks playlist for 02/21/2008 Artist Title Album Phil Upchurch Crosstown Traffic Laura Nyro Luckie Eli & The Thirteen Confessions Koko Taylor Egg Or The Hen Big Mama Thornton I Smell A Rat ... via WKDU-FM Philadelphia

This week's featured restaurant is Cedar Hollow Inn in Malvern. 98.1 WOGL is your 2008 Vacation-A-Day station to the Caribbean! You must be registered to win. via 98.1 WOGL

It was a good time from the opening note, Anthony Brooks' raspy shout cutting through the cloud-high harmonies of the three-man chorus. via The Gazette

Music Fo' Grown Fo'ks playlist for 02/14/2008 Artist Title Album Phil Upchurch Crosstown Traffic Gladys Knight & The Pips The Lost Live Album The Supremes This Is The Story Touch Roberta Flack First Take Brenda ... via WKDU-FM Philadelphia

“I was so miserable, and in fact I was thinking about quitting the group”

So it's an accomplishment when a group that was among the elite of the '70s Philly soul movement is still up and kicking in 2008. via Boston Herald

“But the Stylistics brought about more of a status to me.”

Harold "Eban" Brown found something to make him feel brand new. "I never anticipated joining them in a million years," the singer said of his latest group. via RecordNET

“I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like to be taught.”

Today is Thursday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2008. There are 349 days left in the year. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Today's Birthdays: Actress Betty White is 86. Singer-actress Eartha Kitt is 81. Actor James Earl Jones is 77. via WFMY-TV Greensboro

Music Fo' Grown Fo'ks playlist for 01/10/2008 Artist Title Album Phil Upchurch Crosstown Traffic The Delfonics The Dells Greatest Hits Archie Bell & The Drells Here I Go Again The Five Stairsteps & Cubie Stay ... via WKDU-FM Philadelphia

In most cases, when such a method is attempted, there is a thin line between substantial success and ultimate failure. via Obscure Sound

Three bands that helped define the soul and R&B scene are coming to Mississauga on Saturday. via Mississauga

“It became part of my lifestyle. I was concerned about my people”

During the 1970s, Kenneth Gamble wrote and produced such socially conscious songs as "Ooh Child," "Love Train" and "Wake Up Everybody," which defined a sound that came from the City of Brotherly Love: The Sound ... via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

“You've got to get in the community and be a part of the community”

Like silk dancing on a breeze, "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" by the Delfonics floats into the late afternoon street. via MySanAntonio.com