El Michels Affair & Black Thought, “Glorious Game.” Black Thought has returned once again with another collaborative album, this time with funk and soul group El Michels Affair, on Glorious Game. This album has been a long time coming, since El Michels Affair founder Leon Michels met the rapper nearly…

Chicano Batman photographed at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2018. Photo: Shawn Robbins. SAN FRANCISCO — In Los Angeles, just like in the Bay Area, finding an affordable place to call home has become more difficult in recent years. That hasn’t gotten past L.A.’s hardworking band…

Lee Fields, courtesy. Soul veteran Lee Fields was known as Little JB for much of his early career thanks to the uncanny similarity of his voice to his idol James Brown. In 1967, while still in his teens, he cut “Bewildered,” the soaring doo-wop soul track that was synonymous…