Larry Graham

Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.

Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

Week in Review: A Safe Atmosphere

Those flower pots aren't going to replace themselves. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week that 25,000 people converged on a South Street Seaport venue meant for only about 10,000, were denied a free Drake concert, and promptly began rioting, we dodged metal chairs, watched as Police Commission ... More >>

Interview: Jazz Bassist Marcus Miller, the "M" of S.M.V.

Californian Democracy

Genius mingles with dementia in a crucial seven-disc funk love letter

One, Two, Many Concepts

Sax man puts money to work in more bands than you can count and more albums than that

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