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Record Store Day is back to put the drop on vinyl hounds and their long-suffering debit...

The new box set examines the early years of Gamble and Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, a soul-music label that defined its city the way Stax did Memphis and Motown did Detroit.

Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Volume 1 This is sophisticated and smooth Philly Soul from the genre’s most successful period. The box set handsomely presents remastered versions of this classic music from 50 years ago. Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Volume 1 Various Artists 28 May 2021 Back in the mid-’60s, the Philly Sound was a well-known and recognizable musical genre. Thanks to DJs and promoters like the great Jerry Blavat, Hy Lit, Frank X Feller, and vocal groups such as the Magnificent Men, t...

Gamble and Huff (Gamble Huff Entertainment LLC) *Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" iconic album isn't the only Black music entity celebrating its 50th anniversary

Mon, 05/17/2021 LAWRENCE – After the COVID-19 pandemic broke Brian Daldorph's 20-year streak of teaching a weekly class at Douglas County Jail, the University of Kansas senior lecturer in English hopes to work with inmates again someday soon. The book is part-memoir about his teaching experience at the jail, part-inmate anthology and also includes a survey of major incarcerated writers, including Malcolm X and Jimmy Santiago Baca. Daldorph has published several books of poetry, including “Ice Age/Edad de Hielo,” about his late father’s struggle with dementia, and “Blue Notes,” h...