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Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...
It all came together in a matter of hours, according to Eugene musician Frank Visconti, trumpeter and manager with Natsukashii Soul, a brand-new jazz, R&B and funk quintet performing regularly in ...
The quintet known as The Internet emerged from the Los Angeles music collective Odd Future. Ken Tucker says their fourth album offers "music for modern lovers who are too smart to settle for less." ...
Craig’s rolling out the all-time Funk and Soul Classics, the tunes that never fade, the floor-fillers that always deliver, and the soul anthems that bring people together. Show more Craig’s rolling ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...
Global music star Chaka Khan chatted about her forthcoming induction into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and her illustrious career in the music industry. Chaka Khan. Photo Credit: ...
In the early 1990s, two brothers and some friends in Munich formed the Poets of Rhythm, a band inspired by the "deep funk" sound of late-1960s James Brown, The Meters and similar groups. The Poets ...