former James Brown trombone player Fred Wesley, David Byrne of the Talking Heads, and Prince Paul, DJ and producer for De La Soul. The film was directed and produced by the Emmy Award-winning ...

Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's ...

We Want the Funk! is a vibrant documentary that celebrates the revolutionary sound and cultural legacy of 1970s funk music.​ Directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, the film premiered on PBS’s ...

The three action movies on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in April 2025 include two films released in the last five ...

We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political movements can merge for the greater good — both sonically and socially. The film, directed by Stanley Nelson ...

Stanley Nelson and Nicole London talk the roots of funk music and freedom. We Want The Funk! is now available on PBS.

“If Beale Street Could Talk” is the film adaptation of a James Baldwin novel about Tish and Fonny, a devoted young couple almost torn apart by racism and wrongful imprisonment. Jeffrey Brown ...

James T. Brown went to be with the Lord on April 24, 2025 at his home in Burrville surrounded by family. He was born February 12, 1939. James is preceded in death by his parents Sim Carson Brown and ...

The performance would eventually be released as Live At the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968, and the subject of a documentary called The Night James Brown Saved Boston. James Brown’s perspective ...

James Paul Brown, artist and entrepreneur, passed away on April 17, 2025, with his beloved wife Juliet Rohde-Brown, and in-laws, by his side. He was 87 years old. James was born March 26 ...

As a music journalist, I’ve often asked multiple artists, “If you could see one gig from any artist in history, who would it be?” Of all the musicians to be named, James Brown tops the list ...