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

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Join us for an afternoon of soul, funk and disco. Get ready to dance with Jeffrey Daniel as he selects the music that inspired him to perform, with help from Ronnie Scott s and Mi-Soul’s Mike Vitti at ...

A dude in front the row bopped around dancing. He was wearing a terry cloth, leopard-print, short sleeve button down, $12 Ray Ban-style glasses and a ripped New England Patriots beanie. He holds his ...

Ireland’s only soul music festival Soul Fest (formerly Soul in the City) will return to Cork over the final weekend of August with a jam-packed programme of funk, soul and entertainment. Festival ...

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Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Hard times often lead to great music, and that's never truer than in 1960s and ’70s America. With the civil rights movement and Vietnam war raging, society was in turmoil, seemingly lurching from one ...