The Shake Out: New Orleans funk, Detroit music + more
This week on The Shake Out: hear the Four Tops live at the Roostertail with help from audience members Marvin...
The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘Take Me As I Am’ by Dames Brown
This week’s pick comes from the powerhouse vocal trio of Athena Johnson, Teresa Marbury and LaRae Starr, better known as...
In The Groove: Funk legend George Clinton looks back on 50 years of ‘Mothership Connection’
50 years after Parliament’s “Mothership Connection,” George Clinton is still bringing the funk to fans all over the world. Recently,...
The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘Stallion’ by Ilajide feat. Radio Galaxy
This week we are tapping in with Detroit emcee, producer and sonic shape-shifter Ilajide. A former member of the acclaimed...
The Progressive Underground: Laura Rain & the Caesars rewire vintage soul one cut at a time
If you want to understand where the soul-revival movement really lives, you have to look past the big coasts and...
Sly Stone: The funk prophet who blew up the box, then vanished into the smoke
You didn’t listen to Sly Stone. You survived him.Before Prince threw on heels and eyeliner. Before George Clinton landed the...
Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘Good Vibes’ by The Pocket Queen ft. Duckwrth
New Orleans native, now Los Angeles-based, drummer and producer Taylor Gordon aka The Pocket Queen brings us this week's pick...
