Curtis Mayfield NewsNews about Curtis Mayfield continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Menahan Street Band- July 11, 2008 Biography The Menahan Street Band is a collaboration of musicians from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings , El Michels Affair , Antibalas and the Budos Band , brought together by musicianproducer Thomas Brenneck to ...http://www.topix.net/who/curtis-mayfield/2008/07/menahan-street-band?fromrss=1 Gene Chandler- July 10, 2008 Gene Chandler is remembered by the rock & roll audience almost solely for the classic novelty and doo wop-tinged soul ballad "Duke of Earl"; the unforgettable opening chant of the title leading the way, the ...http://www.topix.net/who/curtis-mayfield/2008/07/gene-chandler?fromrss=1 News Pusher Drops Reggae-Soul Remixes- July 8, 2008 French dance music distributor Pusher Distribution , previously covered in XLR8R news, is offering a fresh batch of soul-reggae singles and EPs from a variety of independent labels this July that could possibly ...http://www.topix.net/who/curtis-mayfield/2008/07/news-pusher-drops-reggae-soul-remixes?fro... Maceo ParkerLettuce: Brooklyn Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, NY- July 7, 2008 "2 percent jazz and 98 percent funky stuff." That's the preferred musical formula Maceo Parker proclaimed on his 1992 album Life on Planet Groove , and it certainly sums up his performance at the Brooklyn ...http://www.topix.net/who/curtis-mayfield/2008/07/maceo-parker-lettuce-brooklyn-masonic-tem... Smooth - D'angelo- July 6, 2008 D'Angelo was one of the founding fathers and leading lights of the neo-soul movement of the mid- to late '90s, which aimed to bring the organic flavor of classic R&B back to the hip-hop age.http://www.topix.net/who/curtis-mayfield/2008/07/smooth-dangelo?fromrss=1 Van Hunt thankful for Ga. scenery- July 2, 2008 THERE ARE Van Hunt songs with pretty obvious origins, be it Curtis Mayfield's '70s soul or Prince's rocking '80s funk.http://www.topix.net/who/curtis-mayfield/2008/07/van-hunt-thankful-for-ga-scenery?fromrss=... |