All Skate is an Austin-based soul-pop collective founded by songwriter and producer Bruce Popky and powered by a dynamic ...

Summer is the season when every detail counts to show off your unique vibe. Whether you're team pop, indie chill or electro ...

These were rare shows for the band that included Jeff Tweedy, Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run), Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum), and ...

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, ...

The "Mutt" singer's new project also features his latest single, "Just How You Are." Get all the details. By Kyle Denis Earlier this year at Coachella, funk forefather George Clinton gifted Leon ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a nod to the divine messengers of his Pentecostal upbringing and the genius of Michelangelo, Michael Eugene ...

D’Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer, has reportedly died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to his manager. He was 51. The vaunted multi-instrumentalist and Mt. Rushmore-staple of the ...

Ivan Neville was in high school when The Wild Tchoupitoulas recorded its seminal 1976 album at Sea-Saint Studios. He can’t remember if he had visited the studio during those sessions — maybe he had ...

*“We each are responsible for three songs,” said Grammy nominated Everette Harp (Luther Vandross, Patti Labelle, George Duke), the legendary Contemporary Jazz saxophonist from Houston, Texas, about ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When we think of the voices that built soul music from the ground up, Jerry Butler—affectionately known as The Iceman—rises near the top of that list. His voice wasn’t just smooth—it ...

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 ...