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What can people expect from a James Lee set? Big energy, usually featuring a powerhouse vocal and a tech-kicking thumper of a beat to match. My sets are always high-energy. I’m an energy man, so my go

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

SLY STONE 1943-2025

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SLY STONE, WHO DIED ON June 9 at 82, wrung greatness out of the American abyss. Early in his career, Stone was an avatar of a more peaceful future, forming Sly and the Family Stone as one of the count

The groundbreaking LA band’s much-sampled path through rock, soul, jazz, funk and beyond