FUNK and soul icons Kool & The Gang are bringing non-stop hits to Manchester and today in an exclusive interview legendary ...

Stone, now 70, disappeared from the public eye for decades, and remains an elusive figure. George said he connected with Stone through one of his children, but wouldn't believe he'd get the ...

There’s nothing like the Fourth of July in Telluride. And for years now, Mountain Village has been adding a huge assist with ...

The “Queen of Memphis” comes to Essence fest with her 2024 album “Glorious” in tow. GloRilla built a viral anthem in “Typa” — ...

Street funk and underground R&B group The Ohio Players will headline the second installment of Live at Idlewild, a festival that pays homage to Idlewild's rich musical history. The festival will take ...

Yarbrough & Peoples Changed the Sound of R&B Formed in the late 1970s in Dallas, Texas, Yarbrough & Peoples brought a fresh fusion of R&B, funk, and early electronic elements to the music scene.

“So I had to pull out the electric guitar and the amps. And this album is much more a return to ’70s R&B soul and groove-oriented. So it’s exciting to … kind of return to where, a place that I’m very ...

Courtesy John Oates After exploring more rootsy music with his last few solo albums, John Oates is putting the soul back into his music. John's new album, simply titled Oates, is due Aug. 29. "The ...

Alabama hitmaker Pynk Beard, formerly Sebastian Kole, fuses country, folk, funk and soul Veteran singer-songwriter Coleridge Tillman, whose stage name is Pynk Beard, plays Nashville's Exit/In on ...

Sly’s time on top was brief, roughly from 1968-1971, but profound. No band better captured the gravity-defying euphoria of the Woodstock era or more bravely addressed the crash which followed. From ...

“Sing a Simple Song” (1969): Though Sly was the group’s mastermind, Freddie Stone was a world-class guitarist whose dynamic funk licks added hooks and percussive cross-rhythms.