The award recognizes “the talents and efforts of air personalities, programmers and operators who contributed with greatness to the radio industry and have since passed away.” Brown is honored as a radio station owner of WJBE in Knoxille, Tenn. He bought the station in the late ’60s, changing its name to WJBE. Read more here
Double Album’s Closing Track, “I Know It’s True,” Makes U.S. Vinyl Release Debut Los Angeles – April 26, 2019 – James Brown’s 1972 album, Get On The Good Foot, will be reissued worldwide in a new 2LP vinyl edition on June 21 by Republic/UMe. The album’s title track, “Get On The Good Foot,” was […]
JAMES BROWN’S ‘SAY IT LIVE AND LOUD: LIVE IN DALLAS 08.26.68’ MAKES VINYL DEBUT WITH EXPANDED 2LP 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 12 BY REPUBLIC/UMe Commemorative Vinyl and Digital Edition Adds Two Previously Unreleased Recordings Los Angeles – September 7, 2018 – On August 26, 1968, two weeks after […]
IN ADVANCE OF THE HOLIDAYS STRO ELLIOT DROPS NEW TRACK “MACHINE NO MAKE SEX” FROM FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUMBLACK & LOUD: JAMES BROWN REIMAGINED BY STRO ELLIOT OUT FEBRUARY 4, 2022 LISTEN TO “MACHINE NO MAKE SEX” NOW HERE ALBUM FEATURES TEN REMIXES OF CLASSIC JAMES BROWN SONGS BY STRO ELLIOT (OF THE ROOTS) DECEMBER 17, 2021 (Los […]
JAMES BROWN’S COMPLETE 1969 HOMECOMING CONCERT NEWLY MIXED FOR ITS RELEASE DEBUT VIA REPUBLIC/UMe JAMES BROWN: LIVE AT HOME WITH HIS BAD SELF RECORDED OCTOBER 1, 1969 IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Roof-Raising Concert Album Includes Seven Previously Unreleased Performances Los Angeles – September 6, 2019 – The 50th anniversary of James Brown’s October 1, 1969 homecoming […]
In an unprecedented collaboration between Saatchi & Saatchi, Genero.tv, BUG Music Videos and Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), the music of James Brown will be brought to the attention of a whole new generation through the art of filmmaking. Saatchi & Saatchi is throwing down the gauntlet to the international filmmaking community by creating a challenge […]
Amazon’s “Woman’s World” ad campaign features James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” in celebration of Mother’s Day. Watch here.
The story of how the Godfather of Soul ended up performing at the New York jail involves a dogged Board of Correction employee who knitted her way to the musician’s attention. Read the full article here.
A new four-part documentary series on James Brown has been announced by A&E Network, to arrive in 2023, the year in which he would have turned 90. Mick Jagger will serve as an executive producer of the series, which will be titled James Brown: Say It Loud and directed by Deborah Riley Draper. Questlove and Black Thought, among others, […]
