For all but the shyest of wallflowers, moving to music is a natural human response. But what is it about a catchy tune that makes us groove? Scientists think they’ve figured out at least part of the ...

The profound shift from soul and R&B into funk during the ’70s saw many bands take up the mantle of James Brown’s innovations of the late ’60s. In the early part of the decade, African-American bands ...

Multiple music arts grant-award winner Alexandra “Olenka" Gadzik emigrated from the Carpathian Mountains of Poland with her parents and sister in 1977. Growing up in multi-cultural New York City ...

The Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience kicked off on Friday with Cannons, a trio from Los Angeles made up of lead vocalist Michelle Joy, lead guitarist Ryan Clapham and keyboardist/bass ...

When you look back on the last half-century of backbeat-driven, hard-pocket funk, it’s strange that one of the genre’s major innovators was inspired to start playing because of the square, oompah ...

Ouya title Soul Fjord is a game based on concepts rarely found stitched together: ‘70s funk and Nordic mythos, roguelike and rhythm-based. The randomly generated dungeon crawler tells the story of ...

“Two thousand miles I roam, just to make Madison my home.” —Clyde Stubblefield I never saw James Brown dance across the stage to Clyde Stubblefield’s funky beat, but I danced many times to that beat ...