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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 ...

There was no shortage of groundbreaking funk and soul classics in the 1970s. But in 1977, several tracks reflected dance music’s ongoing evolution. Using a combination of old and new production ...

(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, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The 1960’s and 1970’s were a time of political and social turmoil in the U.S. and also a time of transition and change. The era saw the rise of Malcolm X and MLK, afros and dashikis, blackploitation ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Old-school funk and soul of the Twin Cities will be alive and well this weekend at the Dakota Jazz Club. On Friday and Saturday nights, the Secret Stash Soul Revue with Sonny ...

The Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival which debuted in 2010, returns with three days of mostly contemporary jazz, funk and soul music to the surroundings of Moseley Park, Birmingham from Friday 10th ...

A properly potent blend of deep funk and soul cuts to score the holidaze. Funk used to be a ba(aaa)d word. Or so they say. But what George Clinton and the musical misfits of the '60s and '70s once ...

A legendary funk-soul group will open the 2026 New York State Fair. The Commodores will perform at the NYS Fair’s Chevy Court stage on opening day Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 1 p.m. It will be the first ...