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The early years of Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign’s Lester Johnson
This week on Echoes of Indiana, we're joined by bassist and Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign co-founder Lester Johnson to reflect ...
Virginia Beach Funk Fest Beach Party returns to the Oceanfront for 16th year
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Beach Funk Fest Beach Party returns for its 16th year, bringing electrifying music, ...
Local band to headline ‘Friday Night On White’ this week in Wake Forest
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) — Local North Carolina band, Sleeping Booty, will headline Friday Night on White in Wake Forest on ...
Wynton Marsalis on music, Louis Armstrong and his early funk band days
Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and proto-rap group the Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer Wynton Marsalis grew up as a ...