Funkadelic — Let’s Take It To the Stage
I’ve written before about how, when Funkadelic was creating the world of ’70s funk, I was not the teen who was ready for what they were putting down. I was told to like John...
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Funkadelic – Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Back in April, when I was in the C’s and it looked like we were going to be in quarantine for a while (hoo boy), I was forced to admit that I was a...
Funkadelic — Cosmic Slop
1973’s Cosmic Slop brings us a Funkadelic without Eddie Hazel, but with some more traditional song structures. If my 13-year-old brain had encountered this album when it came out, I would at least have...
Funkadelic — Free Your Mind … And Your Ass Will Follow
What to do when you’ve put out an absolutely groundbreaking record? Five months later, put out another. If you’re Funkadelic. No kidding – Funkadelic was released February 1970, and “Free Your Mind” was released...
Funkadelic — Funkadelic
I’m right here admitting that for many years, my record collection was unfunky. Funkless. Free of the funk. An old Ohio Players record and George Clinton’s “R&B Skeletons in the Closet,” and neither one...
Earth, Wind & Fire — Spirit
As I said last time, I just got these Earth, Wind & Fire records at the close of 2019. We had had what we thought then was a fairly rough year. Well, it still...
Earth, Wind & Fire — Open Our Eyes
We went through a thing last fall where, because of some family obligations that fall on the sandwich generation, my wife was away from home for weeks. When she got back home, almost the...
Thomas Dolby — Aliens Ate My Buick
No one could accuse Thomas Dolby of doing the same thing over and over again. Starting with the weird Euro-atmosphere of “The Golden Age of Wireless,” moving into the very spare and beautiful “The...
Betty Davis – Betty Davis
Sorta like Fanny, Betty Davis is one of those legendary artists I had never heard of. A couple of years back, there was suddenly attention to her, with a 2017 documentary, “Betty: They Say...
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