Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...

Funk makes a convincing case for being the most important form of expression in the history of popular music, more than rock, swing, country, folk, anything. When I drop the needle on Sly and the ...

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 ...

The sounds of '70s soul and funk are cherished by sample-seeking producers, but if you want to skip the crate digging and get your hands on some crusty vinyl-ised sounds that you can use without ...

The weight of being dubbed the saviours of guitar music is more often than not an unwanted albatross for a young band. When Childhood emerged with the evergreen “Blue Velvet” in 2012 they found ...