Funk music was transforming rapidly in the 1970s, and by 1976, many hits already felt timeless because they sounded like the ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes ...

Anitta had never headlined her own concert in the States before Wednesday night’s sold-out show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Yet it was hard to believe it was her first time after witnessing the ...

They were also regulars on the R&B singles chart with four songs making No. 1. “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” came up one position short in 1982, but the synth-funk dance-floor favorite is their ...

They were also regulars on the R&B singles chart with four songs making No. 1. “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” came up one position short in 1982, but the synth-funk dance-floor favorite is their ...