These funk and soul classics from 1977 helped connect dance music’s past to its future and reflect the genre's impressive range.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2023 Fayetteville Juneteenth Jubilee, set for June 17 and 18 in Festival Park downtown, will celebrate Black history with a ...

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 ...

(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.

Imagine yourself transported back to the year 1974. Funk was popular, disco was on the rise, and people wore flared pants, platform shoes, and wrap dresses. Enter Brassroots District: LA ’74, an ...

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 ...

Singer-songwriter-producer Betty Davis, an icon of future-funk, fashion and bold sexuality in the 1970s, died Wednesday at age 77 in her longtime home of Homestead, Pennsylvania. Davis, who was once ...

Bruno Mars is a pastiche artist. That's just who he is. He is very good at it, too -- a born entertainer, a gifted songwriter, a master of period detail rivaling any Hollywood professional. Over the ...

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 ...

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 ...