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 | 50 years ago in 1959 Berry Gordy, the founder of Tamla Records, signs an $800 loan agreement with Ber-Berry, the Gordy family co-op fund, to incorporate his Tamla Motown Record Company in Detroit, hitsville USA. Motown is the abbreviation of "Motor Town" a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, as it was the first record label owned by an African American to primarily feature African-American artists who achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its soul-based subsidiaries were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as "The Motown Sound", a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. "The Motown Sound" was primarily made by the Funk Brothers for the most Motown Records recordings from 1959 until 1972.
Happy 50th Anniversary, Motown! |
‘Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack’
2 CD + DVD Box Set / Digital download
14 x 7” Vinyl Box Set + 60 page hardbound photographic book edited by Film director Elaine Constantine
“This is a story of a youth culture that changed a generation and influenced songwriters, producers, DJs and designers for decades to come. This is the story of Northern Soul.”
Harmless Records is pleased to announce its involvement with the soundtrack to youth culture film of the year, the forthcoming film, ‘Northern Soul”’ directed by Elaine Constantine. Considered the most accurate portrayal yet of this legendary musical movement, ‘Northern Soul’ is an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
 | Scott Preston of cincygroove.com had the pleasure to sit down with Cincinnati's own Bootsy Collins and talk with him about his numerous musical projects and his restaurant/music museum that he has started with Jeff Ruby. Some of his notable projects he is involved in include a Fallen Soldiers memorial cd that includes Charlie Daniels and George Duke that will help raise funds for a Fallen Soldiers memorial to built here in Cincinnati. Bootsy is also heavily involved in bringing national attention to the history and influence that King Records has had on music.
Read more on cincygroove.com
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I just wanted to let you know I have found a large auction of jazz funk, jazz, latin and rare groove LP's on eBay right now including many tough to find titles. There are close to 400 LP’s with audio up for some of the more obscure things. These all end in a few days. Here is the link
http://shop.ebay.com/
I just wanted to let you know I have found a large auction of jazz funk, jazz, latin and rare groove LP's on eBay right now including many tough to find titles. There are close to 400 LP’s with audio up for some of the more obscure things. These all end in a few days. Here is the link
http://shop.ebay.com/
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Van 8 tot en met 12 maart presenteert Radio6 ‘De Zwarte Lijst’. Een week lang kleurt de zender ‘gitzwart’ met de favoriete soul- en jazzplaten van de luisteraars. Vanaf nu kun je stemmen op je favoriete platen aan de hand van een keuzelijst die op radio6.nl staat. Eigen suggesties kunnen ook aan de zwarte lijst worden toegevoegd. Je maakt tevens kans op 'Zwarte Dozen' met classic albums door je stem het best te motiveren. |
| From 8 till 12 march the dutch national radio station Radio6 presents the 'The Black List'. During this week you can vote for your favourite soul en jazz records. You can pick from a list that's available or you can bring your own soul and Jazz suggestions. You can win a 'Black Box' with classic soul albums by motivating your vote. You can listen here to Radio 6. | |
From Washington DC Chuck Brown, the founder of Go-Go Music, is no longer with us. Go Go is a music form that is based on heavy percussion work. He started his carreer with the group The Soul Searchers. Late in the seventies, in 1979, he scored a big hit with 'Bustin Loose'.
RIP Chuck Brown On Friday evening the 9th of January at 22:00 (GMT+1) soulandfunkmusic.com will NOT be available for a few hours due to maintenance. How long it will take is not clear. During the weekend there can be some connectivity problems but this will be solved within 48 hours.
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