Hector Gonzalez, pictured in 2013 in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., is the head of Rampart Records. The label which earned a measure of fame in the 1960s as the originator of the West Coast Eastside sound ...

One of the more surprising trends rolling through the Southern California underground recently has been the inspiration of Art Laboe-approved oldies on a rising generation of multihyphenate musicians.

The funk comes to the Arkansas Sounds Concert Series on Friday during the Tribute to True Soul Records, the Little Rock label started by Lee Anthony that was home to many of the city's premier funk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Instead those honors go to Parliament’s 1977 funk classic “Flash Light,” the Afro-picked Xavier “X” Smith (Bow Wow, three years ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think about soul and funk legends of the ‘70s and ‘80s, certain names dominate the headlines — but true music lovers know Carl Carlton belongs firmly in that conversation.

An existential crisis swept over soul bands in the late '60s. James Brown's funk blew the world apart after the release of "Cold Sweat" in 1967 and forever changed pop music's rhythmic base. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leon Haywood, soul fixture of the late '60s and whole '70s, died last Tuesday. Associated Press reports that Haywood's godson ...

The 2023 Fayetteville Juneteenth Jubilee, set for June 17 and 18 in Festival Park downtown, will celebrate Black history with a 1970s Throwback theme, the Cool Spring Downtown District announced on ...

The nightclubs are long gone, but the music that filled them night after night -- thumping funk, soul and even disco -- is back. You might even notice someone in the old neighborhood today, standing ...

Early on in “The Makings of Curtis Mayfield,” H.E.R., the 27-year-old R&B pop star who directed the film and appears in it as its interviewer and tour guide, offers a telling observation about her ...

UPDATE (5/27): On Friday afternoon, event organizers said the opening ceremony for the Umoja Festival and all of the free Friday activities are canceled. The ceremony will now take place at 11:30 a.m.