On August 11, 1965, an African American man in Watts was pulled over and as was is so often the case, the officers involved in the stop used brute force
1959 saw the release of Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), a foreign film that reimagined the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in the setting of Rio De Janeiro during Carnival. The
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Formed in 1972 in Portland, Oregon, West Coast funk pioneers Pleasure combined funk, rock, soul and jazz to create a truly unique sound that is still sampled today. After catching
The Tubs are a Welsh band that formed in 2018 and has a strong punk and indie rock influence reminiscent of bands like The Smiths and Hüsker Dü. The band
The Arcs’ latest album, Electrophonic Chronic, is a masterful blend of rock, funk, and soul that showcases the band’s versatility and musicianship.
Over the course of nearly two decades, Austin-based “stoner metal” band, The Sword, churned out six high octane albums. Though the band decided to call it quits this past October,
After more than a decade of being out of print, Craft Recordings is reissuing John Lee Hooker’s The Healer on both CD and 180-gram vinyl.
In 2016, journalist and author Marc Myers released Anatomy of a Song, a collection of essays and interviews with artists about some of their iconic songs and the songwriting process