P1Harmony is taking on Brazilian funk — a booming, energetic and often explicit genre — for the first time with “Unique,” the title track of its upcoming EP.

Australian funk rock pioneers Skunkhour will play a one night only Sydney show at Manning Bar on June 20 with special guests Swoop.

Image: Slash Records Faith No More has always stood as the ultimate musical anomaly in an industry often stifled by ...

While it needed to be included on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever (1977) and re-released in order to break into the mainstream, where it peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, it remains ...

The track climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles, becoming Brown's biggest hit and helping introduce a wider audience to the emerging go-go music sound coming out of Washington, D.C. Built ...

The “disco” in this album is best presented in “Dance No More” where Styles deals with the battle between maintaining his own desires and following what the public wants. I felt like the lyrics “Keep ...

Looking at five 21st-century examples of how the Northern Soul sound has manifested itself in modern music, and continues to resonate with audiences today.

Music history is dotted with records that actually made it out, but the shadow history underneath it is just as compelling. Across rock, pop, soul, and beyond, there's a shadow history of records that ...

Jimmy Jam is an American songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist with an estimated net worth of $50 million. He is best known for his long-standing professional partnership with Terry Lewis, ...

James Brown made a powerful statement in the 1970s after releasing the hit song "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing." Celebrated as the “Godfather of Soul,” he brought his signature funk and ...

Learn how to boost your blues to pro levels of authenticity with a handful of great chords and a rock-solid rhythm technique ...

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