He first recorded with the group The Impressions, which he co-founded with his friend Curtis Mayfield ... song. BUTLER: Actually, this song and the lyrics were actual - a conversation that I had ...

Chapman looks back on her self-titled debut and its powerful hit Fast Car, which has gained a second life as a country song ...

Discover Tracy Chapman, the writer and original voice of "Fast Car" in this extended Q&A with Lindsay Zoladz of The New York Times.

He first recorded with the group The Impressions, which he co-founded with his friend Curtis Mayfield ... us the story behind this song. BUTLER: Actually, this song and the lyrics were actual - a ...

"It is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a ...

His biggest hit came in 1975 when he scored a chart-topper on both Billboard’s Hot Black Singles and Hot 100 charts with “Disco Lady,” a song which he wrote with the help of top soul composer Curtis ...

Even when he was no longer with us, his music ... my life; it’s a lyrical theme that Bob had utilized before in “I Shot The Sheriff” and The Wailers’ thrilling 1972 cover of Curtis ...

Blige — to capture the enduring legacy of Mayfield's music. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic The Makings of Curtis Mayfield is a bit of a misleading title for the oblique documentary ...

In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself. H.E.R. deploys Mayfield’s biography to bookend extended conversations ...