The group kicked off the proceedings with 1975’s “Shining Star,” EWF’s first and only Billboard number one song. What ...

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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 ...

Funk and R&B legend Carl Carlton, best known for “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” has passed away at 73. Explore his music legacy and ...

Carl Carlton, the voice behind 'Everlasting Love' and 'She's a Bad Mama Jama,' dies at 72. A soul and funk legend remembered.

For those of a certain age, the words “funk music” bring to mind some of the great acts of the 20th century’s second half. James Brown. Sly and the Family Stone. Ohio Players. The Isley Brothers.

While it is generally agreed that the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans and that it was first performed there in the early 1900s, it’s not the only music style to come out of the Crescent City.

Michael Sumler, who was the iconic stylist, promoter and choreographer for the group Kool & the Gang, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 71. 11Alive, a news ...

After a trio of albums with the WDR Big Band, funk legend Maceo Parker returns to the more familiar, small ensemble terrain. It can be a challenge for any artist whose natural turf is the live arena ...