As we — or me, anyway — await the first full album by one of New Orleans’ best-kept secrets of late, The Nth Power continues to tantalize. You May Also Like: The Nth Power – Abundance (2015) Joe Mandica, “My Heart Belongs” from A Thousand Miles (2016): One Track MindRead More

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Former collaborators Bill Summers and Mike Clark join us to discuss Herbie Hancock’s ‘The Complete Columbia Album Collection.’

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Born in 1970, Wild Cherry began life as a rock band. Gigging the local circuit, the Ohio group struggled to gain the success they strived for. You May Also Like: Just Us, “I Can’t Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree” (1966): Forgotten Series Ed Cherry – Soul Tree (2016)

The story of Sly and the Family Stone is that of the 1960s, a decade of dizzying highs followed by a period of just as devastating lows. Their music, and the band itself, shared the similar promise of a new way — only to implode with a shocking finality. YouRead More

Dumpstaphunk’s Dirty World is a layered delight, just as interesting on a close listen as Ivan Neville shares a sun-filled positivity as it as from the dance floor, where its twin-bass attack provides a thump that could bring down buildings. You May Also Like: The Nth Power – Abundance (2015)

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Y’all might not remember it, but Jody Watley was arguably the Beyoncé of the late 80s, giving Janet Jackson and Madonna a real run for their money as the top dance floor diva. You May Also Like: Those Pretty Wrongs (feat. Big Star’s Jody Stephens), “Lucky Guy” (2015): One TrackRead More

There’s so much here that’s reminiscent of Earth Wind and Fire’s classic late-1970s sound — the urban R&B/pop amalgam, the soaring chorus, the stabbing horns — that it takes a moment to pinpoint what’s different. You May Also Like: Maurice White (1941-2016): Five Great Earth Wind and Fire Moments MauriceRead More