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13 of the best classic funk and soul tracks to test your system

These classic soul bangers from days gone by will sort the funk from the junk.

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“Gary Rossington came over and played it with me, and 12-year-old me was just floating on a cloud. He and I connected in this real spiritual way”: Marcus King names 6 guitar riffs that shaped his sound – from Lynyrd Skynyrd to his dad's metal moment

The blues rock guitar hero tells us about his meaningful connection to Saturday Night Special and reveals five more of his favorite riffs

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Someone Asked What America Does Better Than Other Countries, And 40 People Answered

“I live in America, say it loud, it’ll make you proud,” James Brown sang. And these people, it seems, really took that to heart. The post Someone Asked What America Does Better Than Other Countries, And 40 People Answered first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Dan Aykroyd revisits the Blues Brothers' remarkable legacy in new Audible Original

The shades are on, the skinny tie is knotted and the fedora is perched just so — Dan Aykroyd is ready to look back

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The RNC is no country for MAGA women

At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there's no place for them in Trump's GOP

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“James would always try to break you down. Any time you played a great gig, he'd call you into his dressing room and say, ‘You just ain't on it. You ain't on the one!’” If you play funk, you owe Bootsy Collins – the bass legend who played with James Brown

Bootsy Collins is a legend not just for his interstellar bass playing, but also for his star-shaped bass guitars

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“You can play a million notes and have no sense of feel, rhythm or intensity. B.B. King could take one string, one note, one finger and knock over a mountain”: Lenny Kravitz on the pitfalls facing modern players, and why simple is the hardest thing to do

On his 12th record, Blue Electric Light, Lenny Kravitz builds on a career of guitar-into-amp heroics. He looks back on his jams with Prince, why Dumble amps remain his go-to, and what makes his number one Les Paul such a magical guitar

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“I don’t think you can overestimate the influence of his sound”: The unsung guitarist who transformed James Brown’s music, and laid a funky path for Nile Rodgers, John Frusciante, Cory Wong and countless others

Overshadowed by the flamboyant frontman for whom he worked, Jimmy Nolen created a singular rhythm style that can still be heard all over pop and rock radio today

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‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’: Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef

The drummer, DJ and Oscar-winning director is a key custodian of Black culture, with 200,000 records to prove it. So why does he think he’s getting too old for rap music?

The Guardian - UK

Ross County ease past Raith Rovers to ensure Premiership survival

Ross County ease past Raith Rovers to ensure Premiership survival.

The National (Scotland)

Fox's Greg Olsen wins top analyst at Sports Emmy Awards and CBS' Super Bowl coverage wins top event

Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings

The Independent UK

“Until I found the Mu-Tron, I never heard anything that made the bass sound totally wacko”: How Bootsy Collins’ mastery of the envelope filter became the flamboyant funkateer’s signature sound

Bootsy Collins piled on the effects on Parliament’s P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)

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"This track is an undeniable banger, but it’s also extremely weird": The borrowed hooks and unstable grooves behind Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

We put one of MJ's best-loved tunes under the musical microscope and explore the unlikely origins of its iconic hook

MusicRadar

Various artists: Congo Funk! review – get ready to rumba

This sparkling time capsule of Congolese rumba from 1969 to 1982 features homegrown melody and soul with James Brown’s electrifying funk influence

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“I was scared to death. Miles didn’t say a word to me. Afterwards, I asked what he thought of my playing. He said, simply, ‘It was cool’”: T.M. Stevens on playing with Miles Davis and James Brown – and what went wrong on Vai’s Sex & Religion project

Vai hired the “flashy bassist with the long hair” after spotting him in a Joe Cocker video

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“An important piece of the low end theory”: T.M. Stevens, bass legend and session pro who performed and recorded with the likes of Steve Vai, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, and the Pretenders, dies at 72

Stevens manned the low-end on Vai's Sex & Religion album, and played on James Brown's latter-day hit, Living in America

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“Don’t sell your first bass. Even if you never play it again, in later life you’ll wish you still had it”: With a stage name coined by Bootsy Collins, Freekbass names the one bass that “like an idiot” he ended up selling

Chris ‘Freekbass’ Sherman on how a Rickenbacker and a BC Rich (via Tiran Porter from the Doobie Brothers) set him on a lifelong low-end path

The Guardian - UK

Sex, drink, football: the legacy of lads’ mags – by the women who (mostly) loved working for them

It’s 30 years since the first issue of Loaded and there is talk of a relaunch. While women who worked there loved its edgy chaos they then saw its copycats flounder in misogyny

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Daughters Reflect on Life with Iconic Musician James Brown Legacy

Discover the intimate stories and lasting impact of James Brown's daughters in the forthcoming docuseries, James Brown: Say It Loud.

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BKFC Fight Night Prospect Series Manassas: Best photos from Virginia

Check out these photos from the BKFC Prospect Series event in Virginia.

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Deborah Riley Draper: ‘James Brown’s Music Is a Blueprint of How to Live in America … and Be Free’ (Content Spotlight)

‘James Brown: Say It Loud’ director discusses A&E documentary series about The Godfather of Soul's legacy

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‘The New Look,’ ‘James Brown: Say It Loud,’ ‘The Dynasty: New England Patriots’: What’s Premiering This Week (Feb. 12-19)

A listing of original new and returning series, movies and documentaries debuting this week on streaming and cable services

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