Funk music was transforming rapidly in the 1970s, and by 1976, many hits already felt timeless because they sounded like the ...

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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 ...

The quintet known as The Internet emerged from the Los Angeles music collective Odd Future. Ken Tucker says their fourth album offers "music for modern lovers who are too smart to settle for less." ...

Craig’s rolling out the all-time Funk and Soul Classics, the tunes that never fade, the floor-fillers that always deliver, and the soul anthems that bring people together. Show more Craig’s rolling ...

(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, ...

The vision of late 1960s and early '70s Seattle R&B as laid out by Light in the Attic's 2005 comp Wheedle's Groove permeated everything in reach of your speakers, and this collection proves that ...

It all came together in a matter of hours, according to Eugene musician Frank Visconti, trumpeter and manager with Natsukashii Soul, a brand-new jazz, R&B and funk quintet performing regularly in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have had a more significant influence on both funk and soul music than Larry Graham. As the pioneering bassist of Sly and the Family Stone and the dynamic frontman of ...