Curtis Mayfield was short, and with his rabbity grin and small rectangular-wire-framed glasses hanging halfway down his nose, ...

When H.E.R. won an Oscar for Best Original Song for “Judas and the Black Messiah” in 2021, she used her acceptance to thank ...

In her SXSW-bowing film, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer invites a range of artists — from Maxwell to Mary J. Blige — to ...

The Makings of Curtis Mayfield’, which is premiering at SXSW, features interviews with Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige and John Legend ...

FandomWire covers The Makings of Curtis Mayfield from SXSW. DIrected by H.E.R., it follows the life of Mayfield and his ...

Holding the gold statue, she said in her acceptance speech, “All those days of listening to Sly & the Family Stone and Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye really paid off.” Now, that early ...

“Curtis Mayfield,” she declares ... anthem of the Civil Rights movement), then as a solo artist in the ’70s, when he put out several albums that are stone classics, notably his 1970 ...

Yet I think what H.E.R. really means is that if Curtis Mayfield is recognized as a major artist, he isn’t thought of, in quite the way he should be, as a giant. As a pioneer of the sound and vibe of ...