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Introducing New York Mayor Eric Adams, possibly the most baffling human to ever have lived

Eric Adams might be the first sitting New York mayor to face criminal charges, but he’s also so much less than that.

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13 of the best classic funk and soul tracks to test your system

These classic soul bangers from days gone by will sort the funk from the junk.

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Q Acoustics M40 HD review: a splendid all-in-one speaker system, down to the ground

Q Acoustics takes the proven concept of its excellent little M20 HD streaming system and makes it bigger. Not by much, mind you...

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"Without Black culture, hardcore wouldn’t even exist": Zulu are calling for unity and cultural recognition in the modern alternative scene

Zulu's debut A New Tomorrow mixed hardcore with the likes of Nina Simone, Bob Marley and Curtis Mayfield, but the band are planning even bigger things in future

Metal Hammer

How Jimi Hendrix’s groundbreaking techniques are still influencing the modern rock, blues and R&B styles of today’s players

This tab and video lesson details how Hendrix inspired the likes of Melanie Faye, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Marcus Machado, Ayla Tesler-Mabé, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Ayron Jones

Guitar World

Love, peace and ‘Soul Train’: On August 17, 1970, the “hippest trip in America” started in Chicago

The local TV dance show became a cultural phenomenon that took the world by storm.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rod Stewart 'impatiently awaiting summer' as Edinburgh gig tickets go on sale

Crowds will be entertained by Sir Rod in the capital this June.

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Rod Stewart 'honoured' as song picked to feature on King's Coronation playlist

The Maggie May singer has already confirmed that he will not be attending the Coronation concert.

Daily Record

Death? Bill Nighy will worry about that later

LOS ANGELES — Bill Nighy handed me a cassette mixtape many years ago titled "Ooh Baby Ooh," a nod to the chorus of a Lou Reed rocker that was not among the 20 songs on the cassette, though there was plenty of Lou and Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield and…

Los Angeles Times

Sam Gooden, founding member of The Impressions, dies 87

The Impressions formed in the 1950s after Gooden and brothers Richard and Arthur Brooks met Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sam Gooden, founding member of The Impressions, has died

Sam Gooden, one of the founding members of the Chicago soul group The Impressions and a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died

The Independent UK

This week in history: Mavis Staples plays the Vic

The Chicago native, born July 10, 1939, found early success as a gospel singer in her family’s band. So what was a gospel singer doing playing the Vic?

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