These funk and soul classics from 1977 helped connect dance music’s past to its future and reflect the genre's impressive range.

It’s arguably some of the hippest music around. Music from artists like Grant Green or Herbie Hancock, along with other musicians that made up the Bluenote Records roster of the mid to late1960s. File ...

Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

blAck pARty brought his distinctive tropical funk sound to one of the world’s biggest festival stages at Lollapalooza, delivering what attendees described as a soulful, energetic set that showcased ...

Many art galleries in Santa Barbara go by the plan of a main-drag location, discoverable to walk-up traffic as well as regulars. The relatively young Art & Soul, one of the new galleries on (or off) ...

This 6-hour live-music dance party with five acts and artist at-large Birdena Lee Oakley comes to Upland Brewing Co. Aug. 9. It's Bloomington's first Summer Soul Fest. It replaces King's Blues, BBQ & ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...

Melissa Weber can’t remember exactly how she discovered “Soul Train,” but on New Orleans TVs, the groove-filled music and dance show dedicated to R&B, soul, funk and Black empowerment aired at 11 a.m.

Consisting of some of New York City's finest jazz musicians, Slavic Soul Party is a romp through Balkan folk music. The nine-piece band mixes the "messed-up" rhythms of the Balkans with gypsy music, ...

Pledging "there ain't no party like a Funk Brothers party," the former Motown studio band turned the lawn at Chateau Ste. Michelle into a giant dance floor. The veteran band that backed so many famous ...

Long before record deals. Long before stages and spotlights. Black music in Syracuse was born in two places: the church and the community.

The Detroit Opera House became funk party central Saturday as George Clinton and special guests led a night of P-Funk hits ...