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

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The nightclubs are long gone, but the music that filled them night after night -- thumping funk, soul and even disco -- is back. You might even notice someone in the old neighborhood today, standing ...

Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

A properly potent blend of deep funk and soul cuts to score the holidaze. Funk used to be a ba(aaa)d word. Or so they say. But what George Clinton and the musical misfits of the '60s and '70s once ...

On their 2025 tour, Tower of Power are bringing “57 years of funk and soul” to Spokane. Known as the Motowns for a brief stint, Tower of Power originated in Oakland, California, in 1968. For decades, ...

The Psycodelics’ immersive stage presence finds its way to the Pour House on Sept. 22 with garage rock act The Mobros Credit: Provided Charleston act The Psycodelics brews a potent funk rock distilled ...

One of Los Angeles’ most celebrated dance nights is cutting the music short in Echo Park on Saturday after 14 years of funk, soul and sweat. Organizers of the Echo’s monthly all-vinyl ‘60s soul bash ...

It all came together in a matter of hours, according to Eugene musician Frank Visconti, trumpeter and manager with Natsukashii Soul, a brand-new jazz, R&B and funk quintet performing regularly in ...

The Victoria Jazz Society has unveiled the headliners for its popular Funk ‘n Soul in the Township series, returning to Bullen Park in Esquimalt as part of the 2026 TD Victoria International JazzFest.