Jheri Curl June: Four Tops (feat. The Temptations)’ “Hang”
Four Tops teamed up with labelmates the Temptations for this toe dip into the pool of Jheri curl juice, 1983's "Hang." With lyrics about working hard to get by in...
Podcast: Dystopian Book Club vs. George Clinton’s Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You?
Zach and Callie reconvene in (by our standards) record time for another Dystopian Book Club Official Selection: Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You? by...
Introduction: Jheri Curl June VIbe
It's a little hard to believe that we've reached our sixth consecutive Jheri Curl June, our annual celebration of all things wet and silky in '80s post-disco R&B; yet here...
Jheri Curl June Special: André Cymone
It's a poetic fluke of the cosmos that so many Jheri Curl Music innovators' birthdays fall in June, the genre's holiest month. So far, we've highlighted Prince (June 7), Jimmy...
Podcast: Jheri Curl June 2K18
This year marks our fifth annual Jheri Curl June, and we're going to make it a thing or die trying. Join us as we define the Jheri Curl Music genre...
Jheri Curl June: Pennye Ford’s “Change Your Wicked Ways”
Penny Ford (a.k.a. Pennye Ford, for reasons unknown) began her musical career as a backup singer for Zapp in 1979 and went on to become a session singer at Motown...