Sly Stone

Michael Kiwanuka Wants to Keep the Vintage Music He Loves Alive

by Reyan Ali If you ever need a record cover to justify that cliché about a picture being worth a thousand words, Michael Kiwanuka's Home Again does the trick. His 2012 debut full-length sports a stark closeup of its creator's face draped in half-shadow and wearing a pensive expression. You can ju ... More >>

Former Guns N' Roses Manager Launches Arizona Record Label

Usually people move from places like the middle of nowhere to big industry cities like New York and Los Angeles to find musical success, and stay there. Not the other way around. But for former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven and his wife Heather Vincent-Niven, finding solace in Arizona's godfors ... More >>

Tupac Shooter Allegedly Confesses

​The man that shot rapper Tupac Shakur in a 1994 shooting has allegedly come forward, according to Consequence of Sound.Dexter Isaac, who is already an inmate, confessed to the shooting. Isaac's shooting took place two years prior to Tupac's death. Isaac has claimed that he was hired to shoot Tupa ... More >>

Randy Newman at The Arizona Biltmore

No photography allowed at the show.​Randy NewmanThe Arizona BiltmoreSunday, May 29Randy Newman doesn't need to tour. Grab a singer/songwriter record from the early '70s, why don't you. Look on the back, where the songwriting credits are. Chances are you see Newman's name next to at least one of th ... More >>

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic

Memo to the presidential candidates: Funk legend George Clinton is the man you want in your corner

D for Effort

Funktified Friday

Jett gets sprung on a dope local chef, and Kreme sips Hennessey with E.T. at StraightNoChaser

Reality Check

Deborah and Carlos Santana get personal

Jamie Lidell

Multiply
(Warp)

N*E*R*D

In Search of N*E*R*D (Virgin)

Beauty and the Beat

Nikka Costa has a big, funky voice and a great butt. Which will you notice first?

Excess Baggage

Jane's Addiction tries to find relevance in a rock world it helped to shape

Sample and Hold

Where'd you hear that funk riff before? L.A.'s Breakestra is so glad you asked.

The Fire and the Flame

For U2 fans feeling burned by the group's excesses, the band's latest album and tour is a soul-affirming revival

Miles Davis

'Round About Midnight, Milestones, At Newport 1958, Jazz at the Plaza, The Essential Miles Davis, Live at the Fillmore East -- March 7, 1970: It's About That Time (Columbia/Legacy)

Amazing Grace

Three years after his death, Jeff Buckley continues to build a mystery with a new live collection

Horns of Plenty

Tower of Power leader Emilio Castillo puts together a live album while Rhino reassembles his past

Top Dog

George Clinton faces down pre-millennial tension with his latest state-of-the-funk message

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

Miles Ahead

The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions puts Miles Davis' big leap into proper perspective

Bring the Pain

Wu-Tang's tour of apathy gives hip-hop yet another black eye

Where's the Cream?

Recordings

What's Soul Got to Do With It?

Ike & Tina's sizzling Carnegie Hall date, plus previews of Big Jack Johnson and James Harman

Pick Up Your Microphones

Blunt talk on the Smokin' Grooves Tour with the Fugees, Spearhead and A Tribe Called Quest

Recordings

RECORDINGS:

ZIGGY MARLEY AND THE MELODY MAKERS, PARLIAMENT, JEFFERSON STARSHIP

SWAMP AND CIRCUMSTANCENEW ORLEANS' WHITE-SOUL TORCH PASSES TO THE RADIATORS, PURVEYORS OF "FISH HEAD MUSIC"

SON OF SPAMMEAT-PACKING HEIR GEORDIE HORMEL HAMS IT UP IN PHOENIX SOCIETY

YOU CAN JUDGE A BAND BY ITS COVERS

WITH A WEALTH OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL, THE NEVILLE BROTHERS STILL BELIEVE RECYCLING MAKES CENTS

Style Counseling

How to get musically postmodern without really trying