(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Former James Brown sidemen Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker team up with Afrobeat superstars Cheikh Lô and Vusi Mahlasela in Still Black, Still Proud, a musical exploration of the give-and-take between James Brown’s funk soul and African music, on Friday night at 8 at the Mahaiwe. A longtime project of…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – On his latest album, Jamm (World Circuit/Nonesuch Records) only his fourth in 15 years, Afrobeat bandleader-singer-guitarist-percussionist Cheikh Lô includes a song called “Bourama,” recroded with former James Brown sideman and arranger Pee Wee Ellis. The song opens with a funky, African percussion groove atop which Ellis lays down the theme on…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Country-folk singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, folk-gospel legend Mavis Staples, the Blind Boys of Alabama, James Brown sidemen Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker, jazz fusion stars Spyro Gyra, English folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson, and New Age ensemble Paul Winter Consort – most all of whom have won Grammy Awards — are the…
