(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the foundations of modern music, James Brown is a name that cannot be ignored. Known as the ...

James Brown set the standard for dynamic live performance in American music. Inspired by preachers in the Black church, Brown started out singing in gospel quartets. As the "Godfather of Soul," he ...

James Brown couldn’t read music, and neither could Hammond ... “the Godfather of Soul.” But the wording on the black leather that handsomely wraps the instrument frames it a little ...

is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism ...

Back in 2005, Bass Player corralled Bootsy Collins, Fred Thomas, and Ray Brundidge, to dig into what it really meant to be a ...

The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by RJ Smith records ... The talk show host David Frost asked Brown what soul was. “The truth,” he replied. But soul wasn’t easy.

When soul music emerged in the 1960s, it aimed to be a method of storytelling around which a community could be formed. With ‘Green Eyes’, Badu carried on that root idea and tradition, though she ...

two of James' daughters, Deanna Brown and Dr. Yamma Brown, speak candidly about growing up with "the Godfather of Soul," who died at the age of 73 in Atlanta in 2006. At the opening of the video ...

Aretha Franklin’s 1967 version of Otis Redding’s Respect, and James Brown’s 1968 Say It Loud ... and gospel to contribute to the founding of soul music in the 1950s. He had a profound ...