As we plow headfirst into the hustle and bustle of the holiday season (mentally blocking out the overhead canned carols), a dose or two live funky soul music is just what the weary shopper needs to ...

Oh He Dead exchanges upbeat funky grooves on “Pretty” for an introspective, soulful and hardy essence on their latest album, “Ugly,” which was released in 2024. The band gets down and dirty with a bit ...

BELLOWS FALLS -- Award-winning Mississippi soul and blues man Johnny Rawls will perform at Stone Church Arts, Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St., on Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. Rawls will ...

When Wesley Woo and Zach Hing started a crowdfunding campaign for their band’s album, they knew it had to be about more than making music. “I [didn’t] want to just be like, ‘We need money because ...

If James Brown is the Godfather of Soul, Maceo Parker is the godson. When it comes to funky music, Parker has been there every step of the way – first as an admirer of soul-jazz saxophonists ...

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 ...

There she is, standing imperiously behind a silver trailer at the Joshua Tree desert, where Gram Parsons’ dead body was set on fire but didn’t burn, and countless other chemically-altered rockers went ...

It’s arguably some of the hippest music around. Music from artists like Grant Green or Herbie Hancock, along with other musicians that made up the Bluenote Records roster of the mid to late1960s. File ...

Halfway through the premiere of “Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical,” the audience jumped to their feet for a standing ovation, after a riotous dance number to Bobby Brown’s 1988 hit “My ...

Since Chicago footwork producer and Teklife member DJ Earl dropped his breakthrough 2016 debut, Open Your Eyes, he’s traveled far outside the city and branched out into different sounds. In 2017, Earl ...

The new Gnarls Barkley disc won’t be released until April, but we got the chance to hear a few new cuts early. The verdict: Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse have produced another album of super-catchy tunes ...