However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

June 22, 2024 marked the return of the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond, Virginia, following a five-year hiatus of the venerable event. Soul, funk, and R&B are the heartbeat of America.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...

Carl Carlton, the voice behind 'Everlasting Love' and 'She's a Bad Mama Jama,' dies at 72. A soul and funk legend remembered.

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 ...

A diverse lineup of artists will be presented during Levitt Pavilion Dayton’s 2025 Eichelberger concert season. Announced May 1, the lineup features 38 free concerts embracing a wide-range of genres ...

*George Clinton may have decades of bringing his P-Funk to the masses, but he is still in tune to current day sounds and artists who have clearly built their respective music life from the blueprint ...

Last year’s CimaFest NOLA was a chance for Cimafunk to tie together a lot of his life and work. He had recently made New Orleans a new homebase, and he along with his band La Tribu and a stage full of ...

A pattern is starting to appear in Cimafunk’s album titles. The Afro-Cuban funk artist named his 2017 debut “Terapia,” or “Therapy,” and his 2021, Grammy-nominated follow-up was called “El Alimento,” ...

Musician George Clinton arrives at the 1st Annual Black Music Action Coalition’s Music in Action Awards held at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood on September 23, 2021 in West Hollywood. (Photo by Xavier ...