R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is the subject of a new rock opera now in development.The show, titled Labelle, is being written by band member Nona Hendryx ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure ...

BACK TO YOU, AARON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THE BAND FROM VALLEJO THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL R&B FUNK HITS IS BACK WITH MUSIC JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER. AND WE’RE GETTING TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR NEWEST ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — JAMS’ Funk Fest 2K23 will bring a blend of Disco, Jazz, Funk, and R&B to Chevy Court all day and night on Saturday, September 2. The celebration will culminate with headlining ...

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

On social media, the icon's Instagram account marked 43 years since her fourth, self-titled studio album came out. "Released ...

This is FRESH AIR. Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle are just some of the many ...

This Saturday afternoon, Aug. 26, the Calvert County Fairgrounds will undergo a modest transformation of sorts when it hosts the Southern Maryland Wine, Jazz, R&B and Funk Festival, with a new lineup ...

He was active in multiple music activities offered at Dayton’s Roosevelt High School. Wagner got his start in the era of R&B and funk music in the 1970s as a vocalist and trumpet player performing ...

Garry "Jellybean" Johnson, a funk rock musician best known as a founding member of the Prince-associated band The Time, has died at the age of 69.

Brooklyn Funk Essentials have been presenting their unique brand of eclectic funk to elated audiences around the world since the early nineties. Originally conceived as a studio jam-project by ...

Fifty years of hip-hop were celebrated Friday as the 2023 Funk Fest returned for a fifth year to downtown Louisville. The first act of the night, Big Daddy Kane, had just taken the stage as music ...