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Many things have changed in the four decades that have passed since Cleveland soul and funk legend Lou Ragland last played the Rock Hall city, but one thing that remains is the singer's smooth vocals.

Earlier this year at Coachella, funk forefather George Clinton gifted Leon Thomas a custom hat, lauding him as one of the ...

There are two dominant aspects to the musical style of the persuasive, hard swinging saxophonist and composer Ian Hendrickson-Smith. One comes via soul and funk jazz, a bluesy approach he calls "dirty ...

This article was originally published in August 2005. In rendering his decision in a 1964 obscenity trial, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote: "I shall not today attempt to further define ...

On a typical humid August evening in 2012, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds blew the tent off of Musikfest’s Plaza Tropicale venue with a mix of horn-loaded funk, soul and rock ‘n’ roll. The ...

A fierce funk movement that developed during the thriving nightclub scene of '70s America, disco funk is a much aligned – and misunderstood – genre, perhaps best represented by the infamous Studio 54 ...

Before Joseph Jefferson penned a string of hits for the Spinners in the early Seventies, he and his band the Nat Turner Rebellion – named after the 1831 slave revolt – entered Philadelphia’s famed ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...