• James Brown and Muhammad Ali
    Soul

    James Brown Throws Down in Zaire

    In 1974, a DC-10 took off from the U.S. en route to Kinshasa, Zaire. The Rumble in the Jungle was about to go down – a heavyweight fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. It was Don King’s first big…

  • Funk,  Rock,  Soul

    Budos Band’s Chicago Falcon

    They bill themselves as “the unheralded emperors of Instrumental Staten Island Afro-Soul”. They are white, they are bearded, and they know how to get down in that old school “Dirty Harry” kinda way (this could fit right into ‘The Enforcer‘).…

  • BritPop,  Soul

    First Listen: Duffy

    When you start seeing and hearing this young lady everywhere you can tell your friends that you heard it here first. And while there is an overwhelming urge to call Duffy ‘the next Amy Winehouse’ I’d rather like to think…

  • Funk,  Soul

    Thank You, Danke, Merci, Grazie, Gracias…

    I wanted to take the opportunity on this day of thanks to extend my warmest wishes to the friends of Ickmusic. I also want to thank Pete for allowing me to take up space on his little corner of the…

  • Acoustic,  Soul

    Raul Midón – World Within a World

    Soul cannot be manufactured, produced or processed; sold, bought, or processed (you get the point). Real soul is something you feel and something that Raul Midón has in spades. On his new record World Within a World he displays it…

  • Soul

    Alice Smith Re-Released!

    Epic Records has signed Ickmusic Favorite Alice Smith and will re-release her debut record “For Lovers, Dreamers & Me” on October 30th, 2007. I can’t say enough that this is essential listening for all fans of music. Once details are…

  • Pop,  Soul

    Amy Winehouse steps out at the Mercury Awards

    Speaking of Ms. Winehouse, who Michael mentioned in his Sharon & the Dap-Kings post (the Dap-Kings also being Amy’s backing band on Back to Black), after going through what I would call a rough few weeks, she made an appearance…

  • Sharon Jomes album cover
    R&B,  Soul

    Bringing Soul Back To Its Roots

    100 Days, 100 Nights by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings could very well have been recorded and released in 1965. This record absolutely drips in the southern fried soul of the ‘good ol’ days’, though this record will undoubtedly (albeit…