Hips Moving on Their Own: A Massive Emergency! Dexter Story Drops New Track "Mama" Featuring Kamasi Washington and Sudan Archives, Pushing Groove Addicts to the Brink of Collapse!? Hey, groove-addicted brothers and sisters! How are we doing? It's Funky Dave Monroe—the guy who can easily down three bowls of rice just by listening to a funky bassline! This morning, while getting jostled on my usual packed commuter train and checking out new releases, an insanely sublime beat detonated through my earbuds. Without thinking, I busted out a slick slide step while still holding onto the subway strap, prompting the businessman next to me to calmly point out, "Excuse me... you're stepping on my foot." But hey, cut me some slack! If there's a human being on this planet who can stay completely still in the face of this groove, please, bring them to me! Today, I'm bringing you some earth-shattering news that's out to completely destroy your hips! …

The Ultimate Prescription for Soul-Stirring Nights: Why Ruthie Foster's New Album Just Say Yes Hits a Parched Heart Just Right The night grows late, you pour some cheap bourbon into a glass, and you drop the needle. Just how much music worthy of moments like this is really left in the world today? If you've been lamenting that "modern music is just too clean and polished to make your chest ache," here's some good news. Texas treasure Ruthie Foster has blessed us with her new album, *Just Say Yes*. The moment that voice hit my ears, I straightened right up on my beat-up sofa—and immediately remembered my bad knees in the process. ### A Legend Born Before 50 People in a Back Alley …

【[HR/HM Special] From Tony Iommi's new solo project and Accept's 50th anniversary to Linkin Park's latest blasting video! 5 eardrum-shattering heavy metal news drops!】 How are you doing, fellow metalheads across the nation with non-stop ringing in your ears!? It’s Johnny Thunderstone here, your resident rock maniac at JOCOLLA Music News! Just like any other day, I open my closet only to find a sea of black band tees, but self-deprecation aside, an overwhelming wave of massive news has just surged in from the heavy metal scene that’ll make your eardrums vibrate and bring tears of joy to your eyes! Warm up your neck muscles and get ready to headbang as you read! --- …

My Hips Are Grooving Too Hard to Type! Mariah Carey’s Classic Album Glitter Celebrates 25th Anniversary with an Insane Rework of Funk Anthem “Didn’t Mean To Turn You On”! Hey, hey, hey, groove-obsessed brothers and sisters! How are you doing? Are you riding the waves of Funk tonight while battling phantom basslines in your head? As for me, the second this massive news hit me, I busted out some wild moves at my desk and slammed my knee hard against my chair! But hey, even the pain turns into a beat! That's right: pop diva Mariah Carey is back with a 25th anniversary edition of her 2001 classic album Glitter! On top of that, she just dropped an absolute bombshell by teaming up with the buzzing Rochelle Jordan for a rework of the killer track "Didn’t Mean To Turn You On", exploding with prime '80s Funk flavor! Today, I'm sweating it out to bring you the lowdown on just how incredible this rework is—guaranteed to make funk junkies worldwide shake their hips! …

Listen Before the Ice in Your Whiskey Melts! Alabama Storyteller Kyle Kimbrell Delivers Gritty, Heartaching Southern Blues & Roots Pouring cheap bourbon into a glass late at night, the ice clinks. In moments like this, a man doesn't need some clever sermon—he needs gritty roots music that washes the raw bitterness of life right down his throat. Straight out of Birmingham, Alabama comes the perfect man for just such a night: singer-songwriter Kyle Kimbrell. Soaked to the bone in country, Americana, rock, and blues, he just dropped his new single "Paperbacks" and announced his upcoming album Lonesome In The Sky, set to release on October 16th via Cornelius Chapel Records. Honestly, the moment I read this news late at night in my room, I slapped my knee so hard going "This is it, THIS is it!" that I nearly flared up my old joint pain. …

[REJOICE] Nightwish mastermind Tuomas Holopainen has already written 6 songs for the new album! "I feel more inspired than ever" Hold on, listen up, my fellow symphonic metal refugees! Clean out your earholes (though after years of hitting live venues, my ears are already ringing constantly) and hear this! Finland's epic sound wizard, **Nightwish**'s keyboardist and main songwriter **Tuomas Holopainen**, just dropped an absolute bombshell on us! Speaking to the UK's *Metal Hammer* magazine, Tuomas revealed that he has **already written six new songs** for the band's upcoming 11th studio album! …

Garbage Trucks as the Holy Land of Funk!? Riley Downing's Gritty, Heavy-Groove New LP Landfill Poetry Will Keep Your Hips Moving! Hey everybody! It’s Funky Dave Monroe, the guy who loves funk and beats so much that I completely charred my toast this morning while air-slapping a bassline to the "ding!" of the toaster! Quick question for all my fellow groove addicts: where do you think the heaviest, most danceable beats come from? A glitzy club? A sweaty basement studio? Non, non... the answer is, believe it or not, a garbage truck! Today, let me tell you all about Landfill Poetry, the killer sophomore solo album dropped by Riley Downing, known as a member of the powerhouse American roots band The Deslondes!…

【[15 Tracks of Soul] Bernie Marsden’s Legacy Roars! Weeping Guitars and Life’s Blues on His Final Live Album "STAGE"】 Swirling the cheap whiskey left at the bottom of my glass, there are nights when I find myself wondering: "Why is it that the moment a guy spots the word 'LIVE' on an album sleeve, his wallet instantly flies open?" The polished elegance of a studio record certainly has its place. But what we truly crave is the scorched smell of vacuum tubes drifting from an amp, the raw scrape of fingers across strings, and above all, that unyielding bluesman's spirit declaring, "Tonight, I'm playing whatever the hell I want." And right on cue, news arrives like a pour of top-shelf liquor down a parched throat: the legendary Bernie Marsden's fifth and final installment in his Inspirations series, the album STAGE, has just been released via Conquest Music. …

[A Roar from the Soul] Jack White Unleashes a Blistering, Loud "Jolene" for the First Time in 19 Years! The Bond Between Rock and Country, Plus a Wild Round-Up of the Latest HR/HM News! It’s been a solid quarter of a century since I first charged into the front row of a gig without earplugs. I’m Johnny Thunderstone, a rock fanatic who loves a wall of Marshalls and the smell of burning vacuum tubes way more than three square meals a day! Man, oh man! The hype in the hard rock and heavy metal world was so insane this week that my speaker cones blew out all over again! From amp-cranking cries of the soul to Canadian legends entering the Hall of Fame, and even tour-drop drama that'll make you do a double-take—I’m serving up the hottest topics every rock fan needs to headbang through this week! Crank that volume up to 11 and stick with me! ---…

Get Ready to Groove! Fall in Love with All-4-One’s Jamie Jones, His Hidden Gem "Rise," and Top-Tier Soul Work! Hey party people! It’s Funky Dave Monroe! Are you all furiously banging away at your keyboards in 16th notes today while battling phantom basslines? Out of nowhere, I have a confession to make. Just this morning on a packed commuter train, I completely tripped out to some sublime vocal harmonies pumping through my earphones. Still gripping the hand strap, I broke into some aggressive stepping—prompting the middle-aged guy next to me to hit me with a suspicious double-take. But do I regret it? Absolutely not! Not when I stumbled across a track this soulful and deeply moving! The man I want to put the spotlight on today is Jamie Jones, the lead singer of All-4-One—the vocal group that’s been melting dance floors and bedrooms worldwide with top-shelf harmonies since the 90s! …