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Thursday, April 2, 2026

MICHAEL HAMPTON LEGENDARY ELECTRIC-FUNK GUITARIST WITH PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC RELEASES NEW ALBUM:EXCLUSIVE ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS WITH RAY SHASHO

 

M I C H A E L

H A M P T O N

PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC

A Founding Father of Power-Funk Electric Guitar

RELEASES

'INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN'

A meld of rock and world music with jazz and western overtones, hallmarked by Michael’s trademark sizzling leads

EXCLUSIVE 

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO

CLICK BELOW

 TO WATCH THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW 


After receiving his first guitar at age 10, a determined Michael became self-taught with the help of his bedroom radio, spending days on end playing along with Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery and B.B. King records. After studying jazz guitar in high school, an impromptu backstage audition for George Clinton in 1974 earned 17-year-old Michael a seat on the Parliament mothership alongside the immortal Eddie Hazel, under the name “Kidd Funkadelic”.
Hampton has spent the past half-century playing nearly 400 shows with the band, in 25 countries across 6 continents. Highlights include multiple appearances at world-renowned festivals like Montreux Jazz, Glastonbury, Reading, Woodstock ’99, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Roskilde, Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock, and Isle of Wight, and venues like the Apollo Theater, The Fillmore, Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Troubadour, Red Rocks, The Beacon, and Sydney Opera House.
Though best known for his role in the funk guitar pantheon, Hampton is also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, with drums, keys, and synth programming credits across the Parliament discography. 
Parliament-Funkadelic legacy guitarist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Michael Hampton's Into the Public Domain, is a mini album produced by 9-time Grammy Award winner and Ruffhouse Records co-founder Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo. A founding father of power-funk electric guitar, Hampton edges into new territory on Into the Public Domain, a meld of rock and world music with jazz and western overtones, hallmarked by Michael’s trademark sizzling leads.

PURCHASE

A founding father of power-funk electric guitar 

MICHAEL 

HAMPTON

‘INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN’

AT

https://michaelhampton.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-public-domain-2

“Electric Psychedelic Guitar Fusion with a Funk Pulse That Never Stops Beating

This record is a mesmerizing swirl of electric psychedelic guitar fusion, stitched together with the unmistakable funk DNA that made Hampton a pillar of the Parliament/Funkadelic universe. But what’s striking here is how personal the music feels. There’s no need for vocals; the guitar does all the speaking, testifying, and time traveling.”

 ...By Music Journalist Ray Shasho

5 stars

Michael Hampton--Lead Guitar

Philip Samuel Smith--Rhythm Guitar

Phil Keaggy--Guest Lead Guitar

John Schreffler--Pedal Steel Guitar

Matt Lesser--Drums

Mike Labombard—Saxophone



FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

MICHAEL HAMPTON

VISIT

https://www.tiktok.com/@ma_wa_ha

TikTok

https://www.instagram.com/michaelwhampton/

Instagram

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rhBe5DqUbACYzqerQa9R0

Spotify

https://www.facebook.com/p/Michael-Hampton-100040199001670/

Facebook

https://www.youtube.com/@MaWaHa

YouTube

https://georgeclinton.com/

George Clinton Official Site

https://www.facebook.com/georgeclintonpfunk

George Clinton Facebook

 

UPCOMING

GEORGE CLINTON

PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC

SHOWS

Sat, APR 11

The PFunk Festival 2026

Tallahassee, FL


Apr. 25 - 26, 2026

Austin Blues Festival 2026

Austin, TX


May. 21 - 24, 2026

Jacksonville Jazz Festival 2026

Jacksonville, FL


Sun, MAY 24

Hollywood Casino Joliet

 

FUNKADELIC

DISCOGRAPHY

Funkadelic (1970)

Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow (1970)

Maggot Brain (1971)

America Eats Its Young (1972)

Cosmic Slop (1973)

Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974)

Let's Take It to the Stage (1975)

Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (1976)

Hardcore Jollies (1976)

One Nation Under a Groove (1978)

Uncle Jam Wants You (1979)

Connections & Disconnections (1980)

The Electric Spanking of War Babies (1981)

By Way of the Drum (2007)

First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate (2014)

 

PARLIAMENT

DISCOGRAPHY

Osmium (1970)

Up for the Down Stroke (1974)

Chocolate City (1975)

Mothership Connection (1975)

The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976)

Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977)

Motor Booty Affair (1978)

Gloryhallastoopid (1979)

Trombipulation (1980)

Medicaid Fraud Dogg (2018)

 

Notable songs

"Maggot Brain" (Funkadelic), 1971

"Up for the Down Stroke" (Parliament), 1974

"Chocolate City" (Parliament), 1975

"P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" (Parliament), 1975

"Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" (Parliament), 1976

"Do That Stuff" (Parliament), 1976

"I'd Rather Be With You" (Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1976

"Bop Gun (Endangered Species)" (Parliament), 1977

"Funkentelechy" (Parliament), 1978

"The Pinocchio Theory" (Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1977

"Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" (Parliament), 1978

"Bootzilla" (Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1978

"Flash Light" (Parliament), 1978

"One Nation Under a Groove" (Funkadelic), 1978

"(Not Just) Knee Deep" (Funkadelic), 1979

"The Electric Spanking of War Babies" (Funkadelic), 1981

 





MICHAEL HAMPTON
APPEARS
APRIL 2ND 2026
ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
WITH RAY SHASHO

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

MELBA MOORE GRAMMY NOMINATED SINGER,TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY STAR AND ACTRESS IS STILL MARVELOUS MELBA ON HER NEW ALBUM 'IMAGINE' ZOOM TV EXCLUSIVE!

 

 M E L B A

M O O R E

Tony Award-Winning, 

Grammy Award-Nominated

Singer, Actress & Broadway Star 


RELEASES NEW ALBUM

'IMAGINE'


ZOOM TV EXCLUSIVE 

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS:

ROCK STARS & CELEBS

CLICK BELOW 

TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY




Melba Moore, the Tony Award-winning, Grammy Award nominated siren, has commanded stages around the world and who has conquered Broadway in memorable roles in HAIR (1967), PURLIE (1970) and became the first Black woman to inhabit the role of Fantine in LES MISERABLES (1995), also used the pandemic period of reflection to work on new music with her sweetest collaborator and greatest creation, her daughter Charli Huggins, who also happens to the head of The Gallery Entertainment, her own independent label.


Melba is the epitome of an entertainer and a consummate performer.  Honored with the likes of Diana Ross, Patti Labelle and Nancy Wilson, Melba Moore was among those who were celebrated at Oprah’s now historic Legends Ball. 

 So In Love, the first release from IMAGINE, her latest offering to the musical landscape, spent 3 weeks atop The UK Soul Top 30 Chart in November 2021 and returned Moore to airwaves in the United States and around the globe.  The world is ready for MORE MELBA! 


The first single was a labor of love for the mother/daughter duo.  Moore notes “It was first brought to me by my daughter and her uncle (veteran music producer) Beau Huggins (whose sophisticated stylized sound ruled the charts with hits for Moore, Freddie Jackson, Lillo Thomas, Kenny G, Kashif and many more).  “Charli has grown up in the industry. She has diverse interests but one thing that I know for sure is, she has a genuine love and knowledge of music. So, we thought, `why don’t we do a project together?’”


PURCHASE THE NEW ALBUM

BY

MELBA MOORE

Entitled

IMAGINE

Available now at

Amazon.com

 



For more information

about

MELBA MOORE

VISIT

www.melbamoore.com

Official website

www.facebook.com/mooremelba

Facebook

www.instagram.com/melba1moore

Instagram


MELBA MOORE

Discography

Albums

Year  Album

1970  I Got Love

1971  Look What You're Doing to the Man

1972  Melba Moore Live!

1975 Peach Melba

1976 This Is It

1976 Melba '76

1977 A Portrait of Melba

1978  Melba '78

1979  Burn

1980 Closer

1981 What a Woman Needs

1982  The Other Side of the Rainbow

1983 Never Say Never

1985  Read My Lips

1986  A Lot of Love

1988  I'm in Love

1990 Soul Exposed

1996 Happy Together

(With The Lafayette Harris, Jr. Trio)

1999 Solitary Journey

2001 A Very Special Christmas Gift

2002 A Night in St. Lucia

2003 I'm Still Here

2004  Nobody but Jesus

2007 Live in Concert

2009 The Gift of Love (with Phil Perry)

2016 Forever Moore

2019 The Day I Turned to You

2022 Imagine


STAGE WORK 

Hair (1967)

Purlie (1970)

Timbuktu! (1978)

Inacent Black (1981)

Broadway at the Bowl (1988)

From the Mississippi Delta (1993, est)

Les Misérables (1995)

Brooklyn (2006)

Straight 2the Head (2013)

Great God A' Mighty (2013)

After Midnight (2018)

 

FILMOGRAPHY

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

 – Singer at the Apollo Theater (uncredited)

The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970)

– Model at Party

Lost in the Stars (1974) - Irina

Christmas with Flicka (1987) - Herself

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) – Whippet Angel (voice)

The Fighting Temptations (2003) – Bessie Cooley 







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