Lots of funk and soul happening this week. Cimafunk taps George Clinton to feature on a new track, Lucky Daye is on a reimagined EWF song and more. Dr. Funkenstein is in, y’all, and he’s pulled out ...

This is FRESH AIR. Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle are just some of the many ...

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: For over 50 years, Frankie Beverly's voice kept fans dancing. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) FRANKIE BEVERLY: That is ...

BACK TO YOU, AARON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THE BAND FROM VALLEJO THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL R&B FUNK HITS IS BACK WITH MUSIC JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER. AND WE’RE GETTING TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR NEWEST ...

Funk Fest returns to Louisville's Waterfront Park this month from June 21-22. The annual hip hop and R&B festival will feature Jeezy, Boosie, Charlie Wilson, Scarface, Too Short, Marsha Ambrosius, ...

He was active in multiple music activities offered at Dayton’s Roosevelt High School. Wagner got his start in the era of R&B and funk music in the 1970s as a vocalist and trumpet player performing ...

ATL’s ready to groove. Atlanta Funk Fest 2025 is pulling up Saturday, September 27, at Wolf Creek Amphitheater with a lineup built to shut the city down. Doors swing open at 2 p.m., the music starts ...

Get ready to groove! Legendary R&B funk band ConFunkShun is bringing the party to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley for four unforgettable nights, July 31 through August 3, 2025. And now, Jazz Alley and KIRO ...

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.

Singer Frankie Beverly led the soul group Maze through a number of R&B hits in the 1980s. Beverly died on Tuesday at the age of 77. MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: ...

Frankie Beverly, a funk and R&B innovator, singer, songwriter, producer and founder of the band Maze, died Tuesday. He was 77. Beverly’s death was confirmed by his family in a post via the band’s ...