Tag Archives: James Brown

Friday on My Mind: Worst Songs from Sylvester Stallone Film Soundtracks

By John Richards | Published: July 6, 2012

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind, our weekly blog post where we stop to watch videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. For this week’s edition, we will be looking at the worst songs from Sylvester Stallone film soundtracks. So you may beRead more...

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KEXP Documentaries: “James Brown Creates Funk”

By Michele Myers | Published: December 15, 2011

Popular R&B artist James Brown invented funk music by changing the accents and voicings in soul music. He released the first known funk single, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag,” in 1965. This new kind of music drew from gospel, jazz and R&B and would lay the foundation for future genres of music like hip-hop,Read more...

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KEXP Documentaries: Civil Rights Songs – “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud”

By Jim Beckmann | Published: February 10, 2010

April 5th, 1968, was the day after the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Most major cities in the U.S. were whirling with chaos. Looting, rioting, assault... A surprising reaction to the death of a man whose life was dedicated to non-violence.

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Friday Nite Spotlight: James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!

By Michele Myers | Published: January 14, 2009

This is my all-time favorite James Brown collection. And every single song here has a corresponding story of how it fits into my life. Song 1 -- “It’s a Man’s Man’s World’ Picture yourself in a Brooklyn nightclub on a Saturday night. The paper listed it as a burlesque show, and we’re not really sureRead more...

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