‘We Want The Funk,’ ‘And So It Begins’ And More Coming To Public Television’s ‘Independent Lens’ This Spring
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The Paradox of Music Discovery, the Spotify Way
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Jazz funk guitarist Enmanuel Alexander (namebackwards) previews Jazz Roots in Five Points festival
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It’s Valentine’s Day, and John Malkovich Wants to Funk You
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Tracing Afrobeats’ Yoruba Roots: ‘Wizkid Now Was Sunny Adé Then’
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Jeffrey Foucault plays songs from 'The Universal Fire' in The Current studio for Radio Heartland
New England-based singer-songwriter Jeffrey Foucault and his band visit the studio to play songs from Foucault’s latest album, the songs on which were inspired by the memory of his best friend, the ...
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The Sanctified Funk of Sly & the Family Stone
One critic said the group was too hot and Black to be rock, too positive to be the Blues, and too wild to be Soul. Sly's ...
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Jazz Albums
THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR JAZZ ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.