As we plow headfirst into the hustle and bustle of the holiday season (mentally blocking out the overhead canned carols), a dose or two live funky soul music is just what the weary shopper needs to ...

Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

There was no shortage of groundbreaking funk and soul classics in the 1970s. But in 1977, several tracks reflected dance music’s ongoing evolution. Using a combination of old and new production ...

One of Los Angeles’ most celebrated dance nights is cutting the music short in Echo Park on Saturday after 14 years of funk, soul and sweat. Organizers of the Echo’s monthly all-vinyl ‘60s soul bash ...

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 ...

The newspaper, which started in 1966 with a focus on R&B, funk and disco, shut down in 1982. But one of its founders’ grandsons is devoted to finding it a new online audience. By Christopher Petkanas ...

Former James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield playing in 2005. Paul VanDerWerf/Flickr, CC BY-SA “Give the drummer some”, said the voice of funk soul pioneer James Brown as it rang out above his band ...

From 1960 to the late 1980s, there was one man documenting the experience of black life in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Charles Chamblis was to the Twin Cities — in particular North Minneapolis — ...

Homegrown hip-hop mogul Percy “Master P” Miller’s “farewell” performance at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome was a big production with many guest stars. But it wasn’t his ...