Charlotte has a rich history of funk music. Back in 1965, the "Grandmaster of Funk" himself Mr. James Brown recorded his single “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” right here in the Queen City. As one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1976, the band Wild Cherry scored their first and only No. 1 hit with the song “Play That Funky Music.” The song, which ...

Although February is considered the month of love, it is not limited to the romantic variety; several Ohio bands aim to satiate lovers of indie rock, indie pop and funk. “We’ve played there a couple ...

Master masher-upper DJ Cummerbund is back! For his latest creation that absolutely should not work but totally does, the viral videologist blended Rammstein’s “Du Hast” and Wild Cherry’s “Play That ...

It’s arguably some of the hippest music around. Music from artists like Grant Green or Herbie Hancock, along with other musicians that made up the Bluenote Records roster of the mid to late1960s. File ...

*During Tyler Perry’s appearance on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday, host Jimmy Fallon let the audience decide which story they wanted to hear from him – an anecdote about President Obama, a story about an ...

On a Sunday night at a dim neighborhood bar in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of D.C., the house band unpacks its equipment. Amps, keyboards and microphones fill a cramped corner near the bartender.

Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and proto-rap group The Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer ...

In 1973, Herbie Hancock found himself at a crossroads. For a couple years, the keyboardist had been leading a band called Mwandishi — named after a Swahili word meaning “writer” — that played ...

"I'm Coming Home (To See My Mother)" opens with the sound of the instrument that connects Zydeco with other forms of music that originated in and around Louisiana: the accordion. It's followed by the ...