Rodney Brown, drummer on 1967’s “Funky Broadway,” a Dyke & the Blazers classic and one of the first hit songs to use a variation on the word “funk” in its title, died May 17 of unknown causes in an ...

I Ain’t Got Nobody (For Real); Skate Now; Show Me; What Is Soul?; I Can’t Turn You Loose; Try A Little Tenderness; Baby I Need Your Lovin’; Pucker Up Buttercup; Saint James Infirmary; I Gotta Go Now ...

A Sly & the Family Stone live recording from their earliest years will be released this summer. The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 will be available on July 18 in CD, LP and digital ...

Legendary funk outfit Sly & The Family Stone is set to release one of the earliest ever live recordings of the band. This could mark a big moment in funk music history. A team of archivists has ...