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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2023 Fayetteville Juneteenth Jubilee, set for June 17 and 18 in Festival Park downtown, will celebrate Black history with a ...

How to make old styles sound fresh? Dallas’ Silver Skylarks give a master class on the topic on The Number One Set and Sound, a debut album fusing ‘60s soul, ‘70s funk and ‘90s hip-hop into one ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think about soul and funk legends of the ‘70s and ‘80s, certain names dominate the headlines — but true music lovers know Carl Carlton belongs firmly in that conversation.

It’s arguably some of the hippest music around. Music from artists like Grant Green or Herbie Hancock, along with other musicians that made up the Bluenote Records roster of the mid to late1960s. File ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Harmonica player Lawrence “Rockin’ Jake” Jacobs first found his calling on the radio dial. Struck by the pop and soul sounds coming over the air, Jake, as a kid in east Connecticut, stayed glued to ...

21+ Bar opens one hour before showtime. Happy hour 6:30 - 7 pm. Show starts at 7:30 pm. Two-drink minimum per guest. Come early for happy hour specials! Mestizo Beat is an Afro-Latin Soul instrumental ...

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 ...

Soul and funk trailblazer Betty Davis, who released three solo albums in the 1970s, has died at 77. Betty Davis, the brazen funk icon, died on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, at the age of 77. Danielle ...