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Imagining New York City with Rakim & James Brown

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I live for the funk: James Brown, The Meters, & Curtis Mayfield

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  • Hope for AB 2183 🦅
  • Rebirth Brass Band, Dustbowl Revival, Dom Flemons and more in roots music festival in Santa Monica mountains October 15.
  • Farm workers ask Gov Newsom to sign AB 2183
  • Blind Boys of Alabama live in the Los Angeles area…
  • The blues according to Nina Simone: my ode to Queen Nina
  • James Booker: Producer Scott Billington on the enigmatic “Bayou Maharaja” (Part 2)
  • James Booker: Producer Scott Billington on the enigmatic "Bayou Maharaja" (Part 1)
  • DJ Moonbaby's "Unrestricted" radio show pays tribute to Marvin Gaye
  • Piedmont folk-blues: Ernest Troost, Cephas & Wiggins, & Etta Baker
  • Los Boleros de Celia Cruz y Benny Moré
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