Funk

Funk Soul 

Time for Livin’: Sly and the Family Stone’s Small Talk at 50

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Jeremy Shatan 3 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Funkadelic, Loose Booty, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Small Talk, Time for Livin'

Saluting the most underrated album in the funk great’s catalog

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Funk Rock Soul 

WATCH: James “Biscuit” Rouse Pays Homage to Buddy Miles with “Them Changes”

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andre Betts, Biscuit and Buddy, Buddy Miles, Carlos Santana, James "Biscuit" Rouse, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Them Changes

Full-length tribute to iconic drummer, Biscuit and Buddy, out September 13th

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Funk Fusion Hip Hop jazz 

Kamasi Washington Crafts Jazz Boldly and Spiritually

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2024, Cameron Graves, Fearless Movement, Flying Lotus, George Duke, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Patrice Quinn, Ronald Brunner Jr., Ryan Adams, Snoop Dogg, Stanley Clarke, Stephen "Thundercat" Brunner, Twilight Singers, Young Records

A deep dive into his latest album, Fearless Movement 

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Funk Hip Hop Pop 

Nile Rodgers Unveils “The Creatives” on Saturday Night Live

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments ” Chic, Jean-Michel Basquiat, LE SSERAFIM, Michael Holman, Nile Rodgers, Saturday Night Live, The Creatives, We Are Family Foundation

The Michael Holman-directed Art Ad features the Rodgers & LE SSERAFIM hit song “Unforgiven”

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Funk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop Rap Rock 

Rage Against The Machine No Longer Touring

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brad Wilk, Instagram, Rage Against the Machine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Run The Jewels, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, touring

Drummer Brad Wilk made the confirmation on Instagram

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Funk Soul 

He Could Do Wheelin’, He Could Do Dealin’: James Brown Did It All on 1973’s The Payback 

December 28, 2023February 16, 2026 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Fela Kuti, Fred Wesley, Hugh Masekela, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Miriam Makeba, Soul Power, The Payback, When We Were Kings

Looking back on 50 years of the Godfather’s stone funk classic

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Dance Funk Remembrance Soul 

Detroit Soul Innovator Amp Fiddler Gone at 65

December 18, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Amp Fiddler, Bootsy Collins, Derrick May, Detroit, George Clinton, Gilles Peterson, J. Dilla, Joseph Fiddler, Moodymann, Parliament-Funkadelic, RIP, Theo Parrish

The renowned funk keyboardist was a staple of modern Motor City soul

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Funk Pop Prince Rock Soul 

Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls Gets The Vault Treatment

November 15, 2023February 19, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1991, Chaka Khan, Diamonds and Pearls, Eric Leeds, George Clinton, Legacy Recordings, Mavis Staples, New Power Generation, NPG, Patti LaBelle, Prince, Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Super Deluxe Edition, The Bangles, The Time

Unboxing the rarities-rich editon of an NPG classic

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Funk jazz 

Vein Melter: Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters at 50

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1973, 2Pac, 50th anniversary, Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Chameleon, Columbia Records, Digable Planets, Harvey Mason, Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock, J. Dilla, Miles Davis, Nas, Paul Jackson, Sly and the Family Stone, Vein Melter, Watermelon Man

Reflecting on the groundbreaking jazz-funk odyssey from the visionary keyboardist

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Funk Hip Hop Rap Soul 

Return Of The ‘G’: OutKast’s Aquemini at 25

September 29, 2023October 29, 2025 Jason Gross 1 Comment 25th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Aquemini, Big Boi, Carl Perkins, Dre, Goodie Mob, Iron Butterfly, LaFace Records, Organized Noize, OutKast, Raekwon, Super Mario Bros.

Looking back at a sprawling, exhilarating rap tour de force

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Funk Hip Hop jazz Rap 

Stone Age: De La Soul’s Buhloone Mindstate Turns 30

September 21, 2023February 19, 2024 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1993, Biz Markie, Buhloone Mindstate, De La Soul, DJ Maseo, Hip-hop, Maceo Parker, Maseo, Posdnuos, Shortie No Mass, Trugoy The Dove

Looking back on the rap trio’s most creative album

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Funk Instrumental Soul 

War’s Lee Oskar Says Mahalo

September 18, 2023February 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Dreams We Share, Greg Errico, Harmonica, Hawaii, Lee Oskar, She Said Mahalo, Sly and the Family Stone, war

Catching up with funk’s harmonica master

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Folk Funk Remembrance Rock Soul 

Cult Singer-Songwriter Sixto Rodriguez Gone at 81

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Cold Fact, Detroit, Malik Bendjelloul, RIP, Rodriguez, Searching For Sugar Man, Sixto Rodriguez, Sugar Man

Detroit troubadour was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man

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Funk Soul 

Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions at 50

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Innervisions, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright, Tamla Records

Looking back on a visionary album from a once-in-a-lifetime artist

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Bossa Nova Funk Hip Hop 

Flow Against Know: Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty Turns 25

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Cibo Matto, Grand Royal, Hello Nasty, MCA, Mike D, Mixmaster Mike

Saluting the last great LP from Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D

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