Charlotte has a rich history of funk music. Back in 1965, the "Grandmaster of Funk" himself Mr. James Brown recorded his single “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” right here in the Queen City. As one of ...

The new pop-up exhibit opens Friday at the Esther Gordy Edwards Centre for Excellence.

The album's sound is an ambitious, carefully crafted tapestry. While rooted firmly in the warmer, groove-led traditions of '90s house, Bellaire meticulously weaves in the electric shimmer of disco, ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have had a more significant influence on both funk and soul music than Larry Graham. As the pioneering bassist of Sly and the Family Stone and the dynamic frontman of ...

Chunky Funky and Soulful Groove Collective will perform at Rialto Theatre in Limassol as part of International Jazz Day. The ...

The arrival of these two compilations of 1970s jazz/funk begs one simple question: what took RCA so long? The fact that the mini-revival known as acid jazz peaked about five years ago puts these ...

Joshua Sithole is a legendary figure in South African Township Soul. Known for his groove-rich 1975 album Africa, he later became a household name in hotel circuits. Veteran music writer and musician ...