Sunday Lunch from Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox channels James Brown
For a couple of people living in the UK, Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have a lot of American props in the house. Here’s a Sunday Lunch performance of James
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What would Rage Against the Machine sound like with James Brown and Eddie Van Halen?
One of the fun things about generative AI technology are sonic experiments like these. What used to be just a pure thought experiment can be made real. In this case,
Read MoreCan you mash up James Brown and Motorhead? Yes. Yes, you can.
James Brown and Motorhead are a long way apart on the musical spectrum, but can they be mashed up? Most certainly. We’ll call this James Brotörhead and “Superkill.” (Via Tom)
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Random Music News for Saturday, April 2, 2022
I have a very long plane trip coming up on Thursday–in economy, of course. This shows how I’ll try to get some sleep. On to music news for April 2,
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, June 20, 2020
What’s the over/under on the number of people who attend the Trump rally tonight in Tulsa and get COVID-19? Just asking. Moving over to music news for June 20, 2020.
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If you need a new music conspiracy theory, try this: James Brown was murdered
This isn’t exactly a new story–it’s been circulating since shortly after James Brown died in hospital on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73–but it’s now getting some new
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Random music news for Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Happy 57th birthday, Axl Rose. And now for music news on February 6, 2019. A Foo Fighter got hurt and shows have been canceled. Which Foo? And what happened? No
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Hugh Hefner’s Musical Influence
With Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner’s passing at the ripe old age of 91, Paste takes a look at his influences in music. James Brown probably had to sing his 1968
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, May 29, 2017
It’s Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, but there’s still music news for May 29. There were metal detectors, increased police presence and bomb-sniffing
Read MoreRandom Music News for Thursday, February 23, 2017
I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and through 13 time zones, my Thursday will be 37 hours
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RIP Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown’s Funky Drummer
Even if you’ve never heard the name Clyde Stubblefield, you’ve heard his work–or at least about 20 seconds’ worth of it. On November 20, 1969. James Brown assembled his supernaturally
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