Donald “Duck” Dunn the bassist for Booker T. & The MGs passed in his sleep today at age 70 after performing at Tokyo Blue Note. Dunn grew-up in Memphis with future fellow band member Steve Cropper. He started playing the bass when he was 16 and he Cropper were in The Mar-Keys that had the [...]
Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg and Al Jackson, Jr. became the house band for legendary Memphis soul label Stax in 1962.They were an unusual lineup because they were one of the first interracial soul bands. Their 1962 hit “Green Onions” established them as more than just a great backing band but crucial artists [...]
NEW YORK, NY (May 11, 2012) – Last night, SESAC, the nation’s fastest growing performing rights organization, awarded Rico Love with top honors at the 16th Annual SESAC Pop Music Awards when he was named Songwriter of the Year, at NYC’s Skylight Soho. Multi-platinum superstar Usher made a surprise appearance at the awards to present [...]
“I’ve never doubted the power of music to cure, heal and make sense of things” Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick has always given credit to the music from the beaches of Mauritius for being the nucleus of the Incognito sound. The Sega music he heard during his youth started his visceral understanding of music’s power to heal [...]
“Castle On A Cloud” is from tabi Bonney’s forthcoming The Endless Summer produced by Ski Beatz and available May 17th.
FRESH MUSIC FEST “Your Lifestyle Plugged In…Live!” Kicks off summer with a party at Toronto’s Air Canada Center, June 9th, 7PM. FRESH MUSIC FEST features POP, R&B, and Hip Hop Royalty. Tickets on sale now! Keith Baker, Co-founder of FMF says, “We wanted to bring the best to Toronto.” Taking center stage, performances by American [...]
Naytronix is an experimental pop band lead by bass player Nate Brenner who is called the “Bootsy Collins of the Bay Area.” The band’s self-titled EP came out today and you can get a free copy when you enter your email at the Plug Research site. Their quirky version of Janet Jackson’s “What Have You [...]
Last month Esperanza Spalding paid a visit to Los Angeles Internet radio station KCRW and gave a mini concert and performed “Smile Like That,” “Black Gold,” “Crowned and Kissed,” and “Radio Song.”
