Two funk songs topped the charts between Thanksgiving ... Charles Miller’s saxes provide color and Howard Scott’s raspy ...

Diamond Cafe, whose real name is Tristan Thompson, has a connection to funk and other old-school musical genres that dates back to his childhood. It started out with him banging on pots and pans as a ...

After joining Kool & the Gang as lead singer, James “JT” Taylor sang "Celebration," "Ladies Night," "Cherish," and other Eighties hits ...

Two hours of the strongest, stankiest, uncut fonk anywhere on the airwaves, hosted by Rickey Vincent.

Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Dave McKenna, Luis Paez-Pumar, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen explore Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Ever chuckle at an especially relevant song that played as an NFL game went to break? Here are the people who make that ...

Written by Dale Butler] Leopards Club was the venue on Saturday, October 12 for entrepreneur and live music impresario Mickey ...

If you’re an old millennial like me you ... videos set to classic Stevie Wonder songs from DTV. But our parents are in their late 70s, much like Grand Funk Railroad. Many of them are grandparents.

Trombonist Fred Wesley, 81, who's played for James Brown, Bootsy Collins and others, performs live at City Winery Wednesday and has no plans to quit anytime soon.

Luke is a veteran journalist with more than 25 years of experience in newspaper, radio, television and digital media. Most recently he was a breaking news reporter for The Messenger. He previously ...

Whether your jam is old-school funk, the blues or songs that connect you to your spiritual beliefs, the live music scene in and around Rhode Island has something to tempt you into spending your ...