Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1 marks the 10th anniversary of Calvin Harris’s first album, I Created Disco. Back then he was living with his parents in Dumfries, fending off his father’s suggestions he become ...

Each passing decade is accompanied by changes in popular music. Whether it’s new instruments or tools, altered voices or new ways to listen, the sound of songs changes to reflect modern culture. In ...

West Coast artists of the late 80’s and early 90’s were largely known for a style of sound called G-Funk. Inspired by the 60’s and 70’s generation, these artists took the funk sound that they grew up ...

Exhibition puts music previously shunned by elites as ‘stuff of outlaws’ in long tradition of black culture and resistance Hebert Amorim was eight when he got his first taste of funk carioca (Rio funk ...

Soul Sound Revue opens July in Waterford with Motown, funk and R&B at the Summer Concert Series.

Back in the day, jazz bands like Roy Ayers' Ubiquity and soul bands like the Ohio Players played more than jazz and soul. Jazz and soul were their main ingredient, but only one ingredient among others ...

“Superstition” by Wonder is one of the greatest funk songs ever. Released in 1972, it has an unforgettable groove, catchy rhythm, and energetic vibe. The funky clavinet riff is instantly recognizable.

What The Gap Band did on Seventies and Eighties dance-floor jams like “Oops Upside Your Head” and “Burn Rubber” was not so different from what Bruno Mars and ...

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Friday was the one-year anniversary of the night I sat in the historic Jamestown Mercantile, playing chess with my daughter, and received a text message from the Boulder Valley School District saying ...