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

James Brown was the summation of ... those principles may have appeared. In 1968, Brown released the pointed “America Is My Home”; the song was Brown’s response to anti-Vietnam sentiments ...

All the time I spent with P-Funk and James Brown, I always seen everybody else ... Funk is making something out of nothing. On your 1977 song “The Pinocchio Theory,” you sang, “Don’t ...

Bootsy Collins, who released a new album, is the type of person who can illustrate an idea as if reading it from a tome of spells.

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The film traces the birth of funk music to one person: James Brown ... earned him a free pass to all Black cookouts: “What You Won’t Do For Love.” The song, which is inspired by Earth ...

Over the past few weeks, creators everywhere have taken popular songs and changed the lyrics to glorify the NBA's all-time leading scorer. James himself even discussed the phenomenon in a recent ...

Songs by James Taylor will serve as the backbone for a new musical, which is in the early development stages. On Monday, it was announced that Fire and Rain — featuring Taylor’s music — will ...