Afrika Bambaataa, a hip-hop pioneer and the Father of the Electro Funk Sound, has died. He was 68 years old. A representative ...

Clinton is turning 85 in July and there’s a lot to celebrate. Sitting in his art studio at his Tallahassee home, Clinton, who ...

Afrika Bambaataa, the visionary DJ, rapper, producer, and activist and later faced multiple, widespread accusations of sexual ...

A cross-curricular music resource celebrating the contribution of black artists and composers to British music. This video covers advent of Ska, Lovers Rock and the growth of home-grown black British ...

Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate makes his Lyric mainstage debut with, “safronia,” loosely based on his family’s own Great ...

The thing that has most consistently awed me as I’ve plunged into Brazilian funk is just how deep the genre is. In its ...

You can’t say “Mount Rushmore” in music without starting a debate. So when it comes to funk, here’s our case for the four ...

Gadson, who started his career in the 1960s, was known as one of the most prolific studio drummers in R&B history.

From Local Skepticism to SXSW: Holland Izz Blends Hip‑Hop and Funk in Latest Release Holland Izz, a recording artist and […] ...

Looking back at Arctic Monkeys legendary hit 'I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor', and the cover version by Baby ...

As a Dayton native, she was steeped in the funk scene of the time. In high school, LaFrae and her friends would drive up I-75 to Detroit to dance in the clubs during the birth of ...

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