Pioneering groove drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has put together a new project called Bernard Purdie & Friends. The band features Purdie, along with Dumpstaphunk’s Ivan Neville (keys), Pimps of ...

Bernard Purdie recalls the night he was lifted off his feet when Aretha Franklin and her band were recording their 1971 live album at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. "I never witnessed anything ...

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, known as "the world's most recorded drummer," is bringing his sticks to Bethlehem. Purdie will sit behind the kit for Kato and Friends during their free concert 7 to 10 p.m.

The motivated people behind the annual Souper Groove Music Festival, guitarist Jeff “Mudd” Mahajan from Turtle Soup and others, have organized an ambitious program for this weekend at Paul’s Tavern in ...

During the course of a nearly 60-year career, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie has worked with Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, James Brown, Danny O'Keefe, Hall & Oates and Steeley Dan, and after talking with ...