When Wesley Woo and Zach Hing started a crowdfunding campaign for their band’s album, they knew it had to be about more than making music. “I [didn’t] want to just be like, ‘We need money because ...

Funk makes a convincing case for being the most important form of expression in the history of popular music, more than rock, swing, country, folk, anything. When I drop the needle on Sly and the ...

The American soul and funk band known as Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will perform at College Street Music Hall this weekend. These soul superstars — who opened earlier this month for Hall & Oates in ...

June 22, 2024 marked the return of the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond, Virginia, following a five-year hiatus of the venerable event. Soul, funk, and R&B are the heartbeat of America.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images, Walter Looss Jr. Hard times often lead to great music, and that's never ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...

Kevin Coombe's record collection numbers in the thousands, filling floor-to-ceiling shelves and small cases around his apartment. He says he doesn't buy records as trophies to hang on his wall, or ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — We had her on last year and she is back and still just as talented! She brings amazing energy and passion to the stage through her funk-soul music, created right here in the ...

The 1960’s and 1970’s were a time of political and social turmoil in the U.S. and also a time of transition and change. The era saw the rise of Malcolm X and MLK, afros and dashikis, blackploitation ...

Soul and funk music thrived in the 1960s and ’70s, and while other cities may be more widely recognized for their contributions to the genres, Washington produced some of the greatest musicians of the ...

Mardi Gras is over for 2011, but its funky music and assorted frivolity lives on this weekend at the C-Note in Hull. That’s where for the second straight year the Chicken Slacks Revue will celebrate ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...