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Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and selector, Marlon, back once more with a collection to brighten your month. We are into July and for my money, a particularly good time to enjoy some ...

Happy Music Monday, you all. And welcome to this second week of Black Music Month. Everyone can shake a tail feather on “The One”. It is a celebratory film looking at one of history’s most important ...

This “Great Moments in Funk aka Funk 101” playlist offers the classic funk songs featured in the film and includes many hip hop tracks that sample them. I’ve also added modern funk disciples like Silk ...

Born 100 years ago today as Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska and known primarily as Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz‎ was an African-American minister for the Nation of Islam and a ...

Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and musician marshal is back with another dose of fine tunes. Though Sinners, which arrived in theaters three weeks ago, is his first film not derived from ...

This wonderful film captures the Sly Stone’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout, and as the subtitle suggests, sheds light on the unseen and often unspoken burden that comes with success for Black ...

This wonderful film captures the Sly Stone’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout, and as the subtitle suggests, sheds light on the unseen and often unspoken burden that comes with success for Black ...

Born on this day in 1915, Rosetta Tharpe revolutionized the sound of electric guitar by using distortion with her unique phrasing & picking, inspiring Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash &… ...

As a solo artist, Roy Ayers released dozens of albums over the years, dating as far back as 1963. His last release was in 2024. Ayers’ biggest hits were “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and “Running ...

Born in 1875 in Virginia to formerly enslaved parents who were never taught to read and write, Carter G. Woodson often had to forgo school for farm or mining work to make ends meet, but was encouraged ...

Happy January Music Monday and MLK Day here at Good Black News! It’s your friend and selector, your sonic chauffeur, your groove conductor, Marlon, back again. I’m delighted to offer up this first of ...