The Isley Brothers news

The Save Mart Center this week announced and quickly started selling tickets for two new concerts -- soul acts The Isley Brothers and Keith Sweat (March 6) and Latin rock stars Mana (April 22).

Here it is, Chapter 9 of Girl Walk // All Day , to help you find your inner dancer just in time for New Year's Eve. This chapter features a parade, which we like to believe is a subtle nod to Ferris Bueller's Day Off —while you won't hear "Twist and Shout," you will hear The Isley Brothers "Shout" in the mix. Enjoy! [ more › ]

What goes well with Drakkar and your young attempts to be all GQ Smooth? Why the Isley Brothers, of course

A star-studded lineup will honor Aretha Franklin in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square Center. Scheduled to perform are Lauryn Hill, Chaka Khan, Dennis Edwards of the Temptation, Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers, Cissy Houston, Jerry Butler, Patti Austin and Melinda Doolittle.

Spooner Oldham, Mike Farris, The Temptations’ Dennis Edwards (of the Temptations), the Isley Brothers’ Ronald Isley and Ms. Lauryn Hill are among the acts slated to perform at a tribute concert honoring Aretha Franklin as part of the 16th annual American Music Masters.

NEWPORT, Ky. — In an area long known for its musical history — with King Records, the Isley Brothers, the Afghan Whigs and Brady Seals coming to mind among others — there is a hidden gem adding its own flair to the Greater Cincinnati music scene.The Southgate House , located in Newport, Ky., has been contributing to that scene since 1976, bringing with it not only a lengthy resume of showcasing ...

*After amassing an impressive collection of prestigious awards and penning hit songs for some of R&B’s most iconic legends such as Anita Baker, Beyonce, Usher, Brownstone, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Patti Labelle, and The Isley Brothers, esteemed Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Gordon Chambers is on the precipice of yet another exciting milestone in his [...]

Ben Rice grew up in Oregon, not exactly a blues hotbed like Chicago or Kansas City or the Mississippi Delta. But, while his buddies were listening to Nirvana and Elliott, Rice was listening to Al Green and The Isley Brothers. Soul -- and eventually the blues -- just sounded better to him.

» Classic jazz group to perform final concert of the season: Funk 45 will perform during this season's final Jazz in the Park concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Gypsy Hill Park bandstand. The group performs classic jazz music by artists like Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, James Brown, Kool and the Gang, The Average White Band, Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers. Admission is ...

» Classic jazz group to perform final concert of the season: Funk 45 will perform during this season's final Jazz in the Park concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Gypsy Hill Park bandstand. The group performs classic jazz music by artists like Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, James Brown, Kool and the Gang, The Average White Band, Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers. Admission is ...

Among layoffs and calls to shut down the finacially challenged Country Club Hills Theater, the Isley Brothers kicked off the concert season Saturday.It began one day after the city council voted in a special meeting to fire 13 city officials, including those who had been favored by Mayor Dwight Welch.Ald. Steven Burris (4th) said city manager Henrietta Turner, finance director Alison Brothen ...