this audio or video is no longer availableFor over a decade, UK electronic music specialist The Herbaliser has crafted expansive hip-hop instrumentals and hybrid funk and soul that has charmed the ...

“Cook,” the upcoming album of funk band Lettuce, expands the group’s musical repertoire through experimentation with new ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- One of most legendary British funk outfits of the 1970s that made a surprise return to activity several years ago plays its first San Francisco show in decades when Cymande ...

Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, from San Diego, is one of the most talented new bands on the West Coast. Mixing funk, soul, jazz, and Latin & African influences to create unique, exciting music... their ...

The 10-piece Los Angeles band Jungle Fire calls the music it makes “tropi-funk,” and the reasoning permeates its self-titled new album, a seamless convergence of Latin, Afro-Cuban, West African and ...

If that doesn’t seem like a logical pairing to you, you’re hardly to be blamed, but since the mid-1960s musicians from Jamaica and other West Indian nations carved out a scene for themselves in ...

Keyboardist/singer/songwriter Neal Francis was already a veteran upon the release of his critically acclaimed 2019 debut. He started as a dedicated blues pianist ...

From playings OG tracks like All News is Good News and Daylight Savings to Washing Days, their take to instrumental soul and funk music - marked by punchy drum beats, guitar sounds and keys - had the ...

Uncover the journey of funk music, showcasing its rhythmic roots and the top funk songs that illustrate its lasting cultural ...

“The rumours were circulating for a while, but we didn’t want to make a statement until we were absolutely sure they were true,” wrote a representative from Amsterdam’s Rush Hour label, which reissued ...