The multi-instrumentalist, who has died at 51, wrote, sang and produced songs of rare musicality and a hip-hop sensibility ...

The elusive genius behind classics like "Brown Sugar" and "Voodoo" transformed R&B and inspired a generation of artists.

MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: For over 50 years, Frankie Beverly's voice kept fans dancing. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) FRANKIE BEVERLY: That is ...

R&B icon D'Angelo, whose retro sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with ...

D’Angelo’s sophomore album was a commercial success, debuting atop the Billboard 200 in February 2000 with 320,000 total ...

D’Angelo, the Grammy Award-winning R&B soul singer, has died. He was 51. The musician died after a private battle with ...

Lots of funk and soul happening this week. Cimafunk taps George Clinton to feature on a new track, Lucky Daye is on a reimagined EWF song and more. Dr. Funkenstein is in, y’all, and he’s pulled out ...

BACK TO YOU, AARON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THE BAND FROM VALLEJO THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL R&B FUNK HITS IS BACK WITH MUSIC JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER. AND WE’RE GETTING TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR NEWEST ...

He was active in multiple music activities offered at Dayton’s Roosevelt High School. Wagner got his start in the era of R&B and funk music in the 1970s as a vocalist and trumpet player performing ...

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.

Singer Frankie Beverly led the soul group Maze through a number of R&B hits in the 1980s. Beverly died on Tuesday at the age of 77. MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: ...