Sounds Good is a monthly roundtable where we ask Straight staff what their ears are plugged into. We’ve got a pretty diverse set of tastes, so there’s absolutely no cohesion here: just good vibes. And ...

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...

The pop songs of the Black Power years, like "Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud" (1968), would be in-your-face. So would ...

Despite multiple songs making their way into the Top 10, “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” is the only one to hit the pinnacle for the Boston band. Superfly is probably the most famous movie in ...

The pop songs of the Black Power years, like "Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud" (1968), would be in-your-face. So would the movies. "Shaft" (1971) and "Superfly" (1972) would not be helping ...

The pop songs of the Black Power years, like “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud” (1968), would be in-your-face. So would the movies. “Shaft” (1971) and “Superfly” (1972 ...

Kingfish: The first song I heard by him was “Purple Haze ... Curtis Mayfield’s "Super Fly," yeah, that was a great album. And Prince’s "Purple Rain" was another great one.

With him leading the charge, Teddy Osei and the Osibisa Band travelled the world, met Heads of State and royalty, signed ...

The early TV commercials contained a jingle to the tune of the popular Philadelphia Mummers song, “Oh Dem Golden Slippers ... From 1981-83, Skaaland teamed with Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka and met Albano ...