LOVE MADNESS – THE ROAD TO THE FREAKY FOUR By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief and the BASN Staff BASN NEWSROOM PHILADELPHIA (www.basnnewsroom.com) We began our BIG BEG TOURNAMENT on the same premise as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments casting out our nets with 64 bands/groups spread across the […]
Read more "“LOVE MADNESS™!!” BEGGING TOURNAMENT™ 2020, Part I"THE SOUL MAP, PART II By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM Editor’s Note: In 1968, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada sought to eliminate the sound of Soul Music from its airwaves. Silenced forever by a cabal of consciously bereft cocksuckers whose actions meant to stifle a burgeoning, unique, and […]
Read more "THE SOUL MAP, PART II"THE SOUL MAP, Part I By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor-in -Chief BASN NEWSROOM PHILADELPHIA (www.basnnewsroom.com The ‘death’ of Soul and Rhythm n’ Blues music in Vancouver by 1968 was made all the more tragic by the sheer arrogance and ignorance of the short-sighted clique of clowns who would see themselves as Masters of […]
Read more "THE SOUL MAP, Part I"WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM OF BLUES IN VANCOUVER, PART III By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (www.basnnewsroom.com) As the page turned into 1967, it was becoming apparent that some of the youthful energy had begun to convert…to Soul Power! The kind […]
Read more "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER, PART III"WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER, PART II By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (www.basnnewsroom.com) As the map of Soul was being established across North America, it was now becoming more aware that those in the know were […]
Read more "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER,PART II"DETROIT — More than 40 performing artists will salute the life and legacy of the Queen of Soul Aretha Louise Franklin during “A People’s Tribute to the Queen” event at Chene Park Amphitheatre in downtown Detroit on Thursday, August 30, 2018, from 6:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. ET. Gates will open at 5:00 P.M. The musical […]
Read more "A People’s Tribute to the Queen"Of Eunice, The “Rain” and Other Things By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief basnnewsroom.com PHILADELPHIA (basnnewsroom.com) All of us should never have heard of Nina Simone. A few weeks ago, that den of dubiousness known as The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame presented its Class of 2018. The […]
Read more "Of Eunice, The “Rain” and Other Things"The THIRD Most Iconic Song In Motown History!! By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief basnnewsroom.com VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada (www.basnnewsroom.com) On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded the company which would be revealed to the world as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Gordy Jr.’s calling in […]
Read more "The THIRD Most Iconic Song in Motown History!!"By Cherie Hu, Contributor, Forbes Magazine The podcast’s blessing may also be its curse: it wasn’t invented to be profitable. A popular early term for podcasting was “audio blogging,” which alludes to its DIY origins. Anyone with a laptop, a microphone, and a voice can host their podcasts on iTunes, SoundCloud and numerous other distributors. Not only do many […]
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