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  A&E Announces James Brown Documentary Series Produced by Mick Jagger and Questlove

  Pitchfork - Nina Corcoran

  A&E Network has announced a new four-part documentary series about James Brown that’s set to arrive in 2023. James Brown: Say It Loud will be directed by Deborah Riley Draper and is executive produced by the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” …

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  The Story Behind The Song: Dusty Springfield’s classic track ‘Son of a Preacher Man’

  faroutmagazine.co.uk - Atreyi Banerji

  Before the rising genre of psychedelia became the sine qua non of the 1960s music industry, there was soul music. One such talent was a female singer …

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  Bunny Wailer, Reggae Pioneer With the Wailers, Dies at 73

  The New York Times - Ben Sisario

  Bunny Wailer, the last surviving original member of the Wailers, the Jamaican trio that helped establish and popularize reggae music — its other founders were Bob Marley and Peter Tosh — died on Tuesday at a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 73. His death was confirmed by Maxine Stowe, his …

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  Questlove to Direct Sly Stone Documentary

  Pitchfork - Allison Hussey

  Questlove is set to direct a documentary about funk titan Sly Stone, MRC Non-Fiction today has announced. Common will serve as an executive producer on the film. The project does not yet have a title or release date. In a press release, Questlove said, “It goes beyond saying that Sly’s creative …

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  Bootsy Collins on the Genius of Fela Kuti: 'What He Brought Was Just So Powerful'

  Rolling Stone - Kory Grow

  In “Viva Nigeria,” one of Fela Kuti’s earliest 45s, the Afrobeat pioneer proclaims, “Men are born, kings are made.” Kuti, who was born a man in 1938 …

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  Music at Home: Behind the British Invasion

  Rolling Stone - Angie Martoccio

  When the British Invasion arrived in America in the mid-1960s, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and other bands introduced songs like “Little Red …