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How Music Changed Part 136e: James Brown Perfects 'The Funk'

There was not another human being on the planet Earth who was wound up as tight as James Brown. There still isn’t, and there probably never will be again. No doubt about it, James Brown was a wunder-kind, and today’s show proves just how far he was capable of going.

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The Time Was... April 1978: A Handful of Good Singles, a Boatload of Great Albums

While reviewing the charts for April 1978, we can only find three singles that are worthy of praise. Meanwhile, there’s a mother lode of memorable albums. We try to squeeze a fair proportion of both into this program.

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How Music Changed Part 136d: James Brown Invents 'The Groove'

In the first half of the ‘60s, James Brown established himself as a reliable hitmaker by releasing a series of influential and innovative singles. In the second half of the ‘60s, James Brown reinvented music as we knew it. In essence, he boiled everything down to its rawest essence.

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Keep It Simple Van Morrison “Keep It Simple” is as predictable as it is enjoyable. After forty-plus years in the music business, Morrison is not interested in reinventing the wheel. He knows what works, and he holds to it. “Keep It Simple” sticks fairly close to its title’s implication, with the majority of songs based on blues changes and country styles. ...read more
Roger McGuinn @ the Huntington IMAC, Long Island, NY - April 4, 2008 McGuinn has enjoyed a multifaceted career, famous mostly for his work with the Byrds, but with an iconoclastic presence that transcends his status as a rock and roll legend. His roots in the folk scene has always informed his sensibility, and this dedication to roots music aids him immeasurably as he reaches back to present a lifetime of recordings that are both definitive and timeless. ...read more
Emily Saxe @ the Allen Room/Jazz at Lincoln Center - April 5, 2008 On the first beautiful night of this Spring season, vocalist Emily Saxe charmed her audience by presenting a comfortable variety of songs in the Allen Room, one of Manhattan’s most beautiful performance spaces. With a forty-foot high glass backdrop that affords a stunning view of the city beyond, Ms. Saxe and her polished band offered a credible variety of classic tunes from the Great American Songbook ...read more