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9 de October de 2025
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Bill Withers – Still Bill: The Everyday Poet of Soul

By 1972, Bill Withers had already proven himself as soul music’s unlikely everyman poet. Just a year earlier, his debut Just As I Am had delivered “Ain’t No Sunshine,” a hit that felt like it was written on a lunch break in the factory and sung straight from the heart of a man who’d lived it all...
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1 de October de 2025
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Soul Chronicles: A Journey Through Stuart Cosgrove’s Trilogy

Stuart Cosgrove is one of those rare figures who can thread the needle between cultural historian, broadcaster, and street-level storyteller. Born in Perth, Scotland, and coming of age in the restless decades when soul, funk, and disco reshaped global culture, Cosgrove never treated music as background noise...
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27 de September de 2025
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Bootsy Collins: The Groove’s Architect of Funk

Born William Earl Collins in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 26, 1951, Bootsy grew up in a city already pulsing with R&B, doo-wop, and the echoes of James Brown’s revolution. His mother, Lorean, encouraged his musical instincts, and by his early teens, Bootsy had swapped the guitar for the electric bass...
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11 de September de 2025
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When the Bass’s God Took It All Over

When Jaco Pastorius dropped his self-titled debut in 1976 he didn’t simply arrive — he insisted on a new grammar for the electric bass. Coming out of the stew of early-’70s jazz-fusion, funk and South Florida’s multicultural soundscape, this record landed at a moment when jazz was stretching toward rock, pop and world music and needed a player who could be both a melodic lead and a rhythmic engine.
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17 de August de 2025
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Hot Buttered Soul: Isaac Hayes’ Gamble That Changed Soul Forever

When Isaac Hayes walked into Stax’s Memphis studio in 1969, he wasn’t the star we think of today. He was a behind-the-scenes genius — a songwriter, producer, and session man whose fingerprints were already all over soul music, most famously as part of the Hayes-David Porter songwriting duo responsible for Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.” But the world outside Memphis didn’t really know his face yet. 
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19 de April de 2025
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Soul II Soul: Pioneers of the British Soul Movement

In the vibrant tapestry of 1980s Britain, a unique sound emerged from the heart of London’s multicultural landscape. Soul II Soul, founded by Jazzie B and Daddae Harvey, began as a sound system in North London, embodying the DIY ethos of the era.
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22 de March de 2025
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The Apollo Theatre: The Beating Heart of Black Music in America

If there’s one venue that stands as the undisputed home of Black music in America, it’s Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Located on 125th Street in New York City, the Apollo has been more than just a stage—it’s been a proving ground, a launchpad, and a sacred space where legends were made.
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16 de March de 2025
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The Staple Singers – Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972) – Album Review

Few albums embody the intersection of soul, gospel, and activism quite like Be Altitude: Respect Yourself. Released in 1972 on the legendary Stax Records, this album arrived at a pivotal moment in Black American history. The civil rights movement had entered a new phase—Dr. King was gone...
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7 de March de 2025
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STAX Records: The Soul’s Heartbeat of Memphis

Stax Records, one of the most influential soul labels in music history, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1957. Originally founded as Satellite Records by siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, the label would soon redefine the sound of Southern soul.
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26 de January de 2025
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The Wrecking Crew: The Unsung Heroes of the LA Sound

It was the 1960s, and Los Angeles was buzzing with the sound of a music revolution. The city wasn’t just home to The Beach Boys, The Byrds, or Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” among others; it was also the epicentre of a behind-the-scenes phenomenon shaping the soundtrack of an entire generation.
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