Subject: Soul Music

• Kansas Filmmaker Kevin Willmott Remembers Isaac Hayes

  August 13, 2008

• Review: Al Green at the Midland

  Al Green Saturday, November 29 The Midland Better than: The time I took my first communion in front of the full congregation, knowing damn well I didn't believe any of it. One thought kept coming to me throughout the 70 minutes that a jittery, Jesus-praising, lady-hugging, greatest-hitting, half-singing, soundman-berating, set-list-shredding ghost of the Rev. Al Green doled out a set more perfunctory than a La Quinta breakfast bar. Seeing Green at the Midland really was like going to church.

  December 1, 2008

• The Download: My Morning Jacket Live NYE MP3s

  Jim James and Co. are regarded as one of the best live acts out there for a reason, so unless you were at Madison Square Garden last Wednesday (or stuck at home watching bits and pieces from CNN's New Year's Eve coverage,) you missed a doozy of a show. Included in the setlist were the following covers (which are available to download thanks to Brooklyn Vegan): MP3: My Morning Jacket, "Move on Up (Curtis Mayfield cover)" MP3: My Morning Jacket, "You're All I Need (Marvin Gaye cover)" MP3: My

  January 7, 2009

• The Good Foot: Kansas City's Young Soul Rebels

  Hours before the clink of champagne flutes ring in another new year, Julia Haile testifies to a seated and sober crowd. "It's your thing," the petite, chestnut-skinned soul singer calls to the urban-outfitted midtowners in the audience. It's New Year's Eve at the Czar Bar, a rock-and-roll joint situated near the dark underbelly of the Power & Light District. Do what ya wanna do. By the middle of the song, when the two trumpets and tenor saxophone behind her reach a gyrating, feverish p

  January 13, 2009

• Joan Osborne

  December 12, 2002

• Keith Sweat: A Study In Slow Jams

  By JASON BUGG Keith Sweat may be rolling into Municipal Auditorium the day after Valentine's Day, but that doesn't mean that the love won't still be flowing. Bubbling up to the pop surface after the hits of '70s and '80s Love Walruses like Barry White had all but dried up, Sweat is a living, breathing link from those disco-era pioneers to the Autotune drenched rappers of today. Sweat is one of the last kings of the slow jam. Forget the ringtone-ready street anthems of T-Pain and Lil' Wayne, S

  February 13, 2009

• Angela Hagenbach

  January 29, 2004

• Q&A: Raphael Saadiq (playing tonight in KC)

  By BRIAN BARR Raphael Saadiq just wasn't made for these times. Then again, maybe he was. Like Erykah Badu, the former Tony! Toni! Tone! frontman, who is playing tonight at the VooDoo Lounge, is an analog guy in a digital world. But his old-school way of thinking has lead him to successful collaborations with Q-Tip, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Bilal, and countless others who have needed a producer to give their music a little more "retro" feeling. Last year, he released The Way I See It, a set of

  March 11, 2009

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  August 11, 2005

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  August 25, 2005

• Bettye LaVette

  November 2, 2006

• The Good Foot steps up the soul

  January 15, 2009

• Al Green

  November 27, 2008

• Ray LaMontagne

  October 16, 2008

• James Brown, Sly Stone and Batman & Robin get roasted at a funkalicious JoCo blues club

  May 29, 2008

• The Decemberists' Colin Meloy tries his hand at American Soul

  April 24, 2008

• That Feel

  Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings bring old soul to new audiences.

  January 24, 2008

• OJT + B

  January 3, 2008

• Choreotis Redding

  September 13, 2007

• The Go

  August 2, 2007

• Jive Talkin’

  July 5, 2007

• Dr. Dog

  March 8, 2007

• Ta'Raach

  January 25, 2007

• Roy Hargrove

  January 4, 2007

• The Detroit Cobras

  October 26, 2006

• Still Bloomin'

  August 31, 2006

• Summer of Ham

  May 18, 2006

• Anthony Hamilton

  Ain't Nobody Worryin' (Arista)

  December 22, 2005

• The Grown-Ups Are Alright

  It wasn’t exactly Soho, London, 1964, but last Friday at Mike’s was as good a place as any to get your mod on.

  December 22, 2005

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

  August 18, 2005

• Pump It Up

  This year's model has even more soul.

  April 28, 2005

• Garbage

  April 7, 2005

• Cee-Lo

  Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine (Arista)

  April 22, 2004

• Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken

  Thursday, April 15, at Kemper Arena.

  April 15, 2004

• Dirtbombs

  Monday, March 17, at the Bottleneck

  March 13, 2003

• Kevin Mahogany

  Sunday, January 20, at the Gem Theater.

  January 16, 2003

• What Was Going On

  The spotlight shines into the Shadows that obscured the Funk Brothers.

  November 21, 2002

• Al Jarreau

  Wednesday, November 13, at the Uptown Theater.

  November 7, 2002

• Smokey Robinson

  Saturday, November 2, at the Ameristar Casino.

  October 31, 2002

• Bellrays

  Sunday, October 6 at the Brick.

  October 3, 2002

• The Detroit Cobras

  Saturday, August 17, at the Replay Lounge.

  August 15, 2002

• New Blood

  Bloodstone revamped its lineup, but its sweet soul sounds will never change.

  June 27, 2002

• Best of Music 2001

  Critic's Picks

  December 27, 2001

• Luther Vandross

  Luther Vandross (J)

  July 26, 2001

• India.Arie

  Acoustic Soul (Motown)

  July 12, 2001

• Buzzbox

  Summer Jam 2001

  May 17, 2001

• Stewart Francke

  What We Talk of ... When We Talk (Blue Boundary)

  February 22, 2001

• Step up

  Moving from Los Angeles to Tulsa has brought bluesman Scott Ellison closer to the big time.

  May 18, 2000

• Jenny Lewis

  June 11, 2009

• Concert Review: the Vans Warped Tour 2009

  What with the weather and everything yesterday morning, I wasn't too sure as to whether or not Warped Tour 2009 would be worth attending. The idea of standing in the middle of an amphitheater parking lot all day during a torrential downpour isn't exactly my idea of a perfect summer day. Nick SpacekGallows​However, by the time I hit Tonganoxie on my way out from Lawrence, the sun had begun to peek out and was shining full force by the time I'd made it through the gate and in front of the H

  August 5, 2009