There was no shortage of groundbreaking funk and soul classics in the 1970s. But in 1977, several tracks reflected dance music’s ongoing evolution. Using a combination of old and new production ...

Singer-songwriter-producer Betty Davis, an icon of future-funk, fashion and bold sexuality in the 1970s, died Wednesday at age 77 in her longtime home of Homestead, Pennsylvania. Davis, who was once ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This timeless era for Black musicians across genres such as R&B, funk, and pop preached messages of love, freedom, and fun. Let's ...

When we hear modern music echoing the 1970s, we often describe it as retro. But pulling classic sounds into a new era is easier when the music you borrow from is groundbreaking funk. Funk and soul ...

IT WAS A pivotal year in popular music—a point underlined by “1971: Never A Dull Moment”, a book by David Hepworth, a veteran music writer, as well as “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything”, a ...

MIAMI (AP) — Betty Wright, the Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter whose influential 1970s hits included “Clean Up Woman” and “Where is the Love,” has died at age 66. Wright died at her home in ...

Soul and funk trailblazer Betty Davis, who released three solo albums in the 1970s, has died at 77. Betty Davis, the brazen funk icon, died on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, at the age of 77. Danielle ...

In the realm of power funk and jazz-rock, Tower of Power was an original voice, one carved from a unique place within an exceptionally heady moment. And this convergence of forces, clearly, has yet to ...

In his new book lecture Tuesday, CU Boulder researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin ...