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 ...

MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: For over 50 years, Frankie Beverly's voice kept fans dancing. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) FRANKIE BEVERLY: That is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- A High-Energy Celebration of James Brown, Prince, Chaka Khan, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Adele & More The legendary funk collective SlapBak is set to light up ...

Galactic keyboardist Rich Vogel had occasion to look back and reflect on the career of his band during a recent interview and had to admit, it’s pretty satisfying to consider how Galactic has gone ...

R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is the subject of a new rock opera now in development. According to the description, the show plans to capture “how Labelle ...

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 ...

Justin Timberlake is bringing something back. Unfortunately, it’s not sexy—it’s just the sounds of gentrified R&B and funk that turned him into a solo megastar in the early 2000s. The 39-year-old ...

Singer Frankie Beverly led the soul group Maze through a number of R&B hits in the 1980s. Beverly died on Tuesday at the age of 77. MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: ...

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.