Oh He Dead exchanges upbeat funky grooves on “Pretty” for an introspective, soulful and hardy essence on their latest album, “Ugly,” which was released in 2024. The band gets down and dirty with a bit ...

As we plow headfirst into the hustle and bustle of the holiday season (mentally blocking out the overhead canned carols), a dose or two live funky soul music is just what the weary shopper needs to ...

One of Los Angeles’ most celebrated dance nights is cutting the music short in Echo Park on Saturday after 14 years of funk, soul and sweat. Organizers of the Echo’s monthly all-vinyl ‘60s soul bash ...

When Wesley Woo and Zach Hing started a crowdfunding campaign for their band’s album, they knew it had to be about more than making music. “I [didn’t] want to just be like, ‘We need money because ...

Since Chicago footwork producer and Teklife member DJ Earl dropped his breakthrough 2016 debut, Open Your Eyes, he’s traveled far outside the city and branched out into different sounds. In 2017, Earl ...

There she is, standing imperiously behind a silver trailer at the Joshua Tree desert, where Gram Parsons’ dead body was set on fire but didn’t burn, and countless other chemically-altered rockers went ...

It’s arguably some of the hippest music around. Music from artists like Grant Green or Herbie Hancock, along with other musicians that made up the Bluenote Records roster of the mid to late1960s. File ...

Instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic and repetitive bass lines.

June 22, 2024 marked the return of the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond, Virginia, following a five-year hiatus of the venerable event. Soul, funk, and R&B are the heartbeat of America.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Back in the summer of 2005, Drexel University’s Music Industry program got a very curious phone call. On the line was the owner of a storage facility in Philadelphia, wondering if ...

The nightclubs are long gone, but the music that filled them night after night -- thumping funk, soul and even disco -- is back. You might even notice someone in the old neighborhood today, standing ...