February 21, 2025 Zombies, vampires, the Phoenix bird—few bands use these as role models in formulating a career path. Actually, Cymande did not consciously decide to follow in their footsteps, but ...

We’ve got the perfect lineup of joy, community, and everything else we need a bit more of these days, and as usual, those weekend plans are safe with us. 1 hour ago Inside the bubble, time stood still ...

They toured the US and headlined Harlem’s Apollo while no British TV show would air them – but their legacy was rescued by hip-hop This documentary is an education and a good-news story about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the unexpected benefits of the streaming era documentary boom is that no musical subject is too niche for a feature-length ...

You’ve probably heard the Anglo-Caribbean group Cymande, whether you realize it or not, especially if you dig quality vintage hiphop and crafty electronic-music producers such as Luke Vibert. That’s ...

(L-R) Director Tim Mackenzie-Smith, Cymande bassist Steve Scipio, guitarist Patrick Patterson. CREDIT: Sarah Bemand British funk group Cymande, who stopped performing in 1974 but reunited nearly four ...

The first British band to command the stage at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater wasn't the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. It was Cymande. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CHASING AN EMPTY DREAM") CYMANDE: (Singing) ...

NORMAN JAY, DJ: If it wasn't for their music, there'd been no such thing as hip hop, or jungle or modern day r and b, or even disco for that matter OLIVER GORDON, REPORTER: The accidental heroes of ...

Cymande must be the most unappreciated London band of all time, and this is such an embarrassment I can hardly even type it. As told in last year’s excellent documentary, Getting It Back: The Story of ...