Sax man and singer Maceo Parker does not cheat his audience of the funk. In fact, he lays it on them for a long time. On Sunday night at Jefferson Center, the performer with a half-century of ...

KINSTON, N.C. — Gold records line the walls in the office of Maceo Parker's Kinston, North Carolina, homestead, commemorating some of the hits the iconic saxophonist has played on over the past ...

Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown‘s one-time drummer and the creator of one of hip-hop’s most popular samples, has died at the age of 73. Stubblefield’s wife, Jody Hannon, confirmed the ...

The names James Brown and Apollo Theater have practically become synonymous; it's hard to think of one without the other. Beginning in 1963, Brown released three albums recorded there. But there ...

James Brown released a seven-inch single called Funky Drummer in March, 1970 – a loosely arranged jam session showcasing the talent for improvisation of drummer Clyde Stubblefield, who was ...

Written shortly after Nixon’s resignation, James Brown’s “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” speaks to today’s political corruption too.

In that time with Brown, who died in 2006 at the age of 73, Ellis learned a few things about the "Get on Up" singer. He also started working with Brown at just 24 years old.

Northampton becomes Funky Town on Thursdays in August. Published: Aug. 11, 2011, 2:03 p.m. By . ... If you want to have "a funky good time," as James Brown sang, ...

Pee Wee Ellis, a saxophonist who was the musical director for soul star James Brown in the late 1960s and is considered an architect of funk music for his groundbreaking songwriting and ...

In the spring of 1965, James Brown went into a Charlotte, N.C., studio to cut a new record. The song’s lyrics were little more than a laundry list of dance crazes, but the music was eerie and ...