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 ...

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something magical about George Duke’s music that’s hard to put into words—but you feel it. Whether he’s laying down a slick funk groove or caressing a melody on the piano, ...

The California Honeydrops bring their signature blend of funk, soul and blues to Denver with The Brothers Comatose. Get ...

Sweet soul music warmed the crowd in the comfortably-filled Newport Music Hall on Tuesday night, courtesy of Black Pumas. The Austin band led by singer Eric Burton and guitarist Adrian Quesada is ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Long before record deals. Long before stages and spotlights. Black music in Syracuse was born in two places: the church and the community. Gospel gave people strength. Soul and funk ...