Posts Tagged ‘Sly Stone’
Funk Soul Brothers: Van Hunt and Sly Stone
With the power of funky pop being as addictive as religion, one of the musical prophets responsible for many a musical conversion is the aural superman Sly Stone [..]
Sly & The Family Stone: Something For The People
During a period of racial tension in the late 1960’s the San Francisco based soul/rock band Sly & The Family Stone made a inspirational plea for peace and equality.
Miles Davis In Paris
By Miles Marshall Lewis The So What Band ambles on stage with a cool saunter worthy of Reservoir Dogs gangsters, dressed in downscale suits less Brooks Brothers than JC Penney. But as welcoming applause rises and falls from the crowd, the sextet kick into “So What” and make it clear that they didn’t come to the ...
Martin Luther: Rebel Soul
By Sun Singleton — Thirty-nine-year-old Martin Luther McCoy is in a rare class amongst his generation of indie musicians, a gifted funk soul rocker who has recorded and toured with The World Famous Roots Crew and channeled Jimi Hendrix as the character “Jo-Jo” in director Julie Taymor’s 2007 Beatles-inspired film Across The Universe, all while still ...
