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 ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

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.

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 11th ...

Colin Greenwood from Radiohead is the guest presenter of today’s Funk and Soul Show, so listeners can expect three hours of bass heavy funky tunes. On taking over the hot seat from Craig, Colin said: ...

Kevin Coombe's record collection numbers in the thousands, filling floor-to-ceiling shelves and small cases around his apartment. He says he doesn't buy records as trophies to hang on his wall, or ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

In the realm of power funk and jazz-rock, Tower of Power was an original voice, one carved from a unique place within an exceptionally heady moment. And this convergence of forces, clearly, has yet to ...

Mýa's new album "Retrospect" is a joyful tribute to 1970s and '80s funk and soul, featuring Too Short, 21 Savage and Snoop Dogg.

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — We had her on last year and she is back and still just as talented! She brings amazing energy and passion to the stage through her funk-soul music, created right here in the ...

Dee Dee Bridgewater turns 76 as the Grammy-winning jazz and funk icon continues touring, mentoring artists and releasing ...

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, ...