New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Vibraphonist and vocalist Roy Ayers to Newark on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Roy Ayers was put on this earth to bring music to the people. The ...

*Larry & Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell enjoyed an out-of-nowhere run in the `70s as producers of loosely arranged musical nuggets that felt good, painted in broad strokes lyrically, and became bedrock ...

Kendrick Lamar’s much-praised 2012 major label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, is a shotgun ride through the gang-, gun-, and drug-infested city of fallen angels alongside Denzel Washington’s ...

Just before disco reached mainstream status in 1974 with the Hues Corporation’s “Rock the Boat,” live funk bands dominated at clubs in many urban markets. The bump was a dance rage, and Kool & the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former USSR might not be considered a musical hotbed, but a new compilation of rare music from the Soviet Union lifts the veil ...

Expect to hear original weekender DJ's playing Anthems from: Fatback Band - BBQ - Chic - Shalamar - The Whispers - Kool & The Gang - Change - D Train - George Benson - Rose Royce - The Gap Band - SOS ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Mr. Brown kept time for a group that combined funk, disco, R&B and jazz to create some of the most memorable pop songs of the 1970s. By Sopan Deb George Brown, who as the drummer of the group Kool & ...

Con Brio is having a moment. The San Francisco soul band landed the challenging and high profile assignment of opening up San Jose Jazz’s Summer Fest on the main stage Friday afternoon at the north ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...