This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the ...

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Funky Dawgz are one of the premier touring acts on the live music scene today. It is impossible not to enjoy yourself during a show as they play a contagious upbeat mix of original music, hip hop, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They have horns — and a lot of fun, too. Anthony Almonte, Curtis King Jr. and Ozzie Melendez of the touring E Street Band are ...

A talented musician, he lied when asked by Lionel Richie, the lead singer, if he played bass. Then he taught himself how, and ...

The LowDown Brass Band is in a league of its own. The Chicago based act delivers a funky amalgam of soul, jazz, reggae and hip-hop. Imagine a collision of a pair of criminally under-heralded recording ...

The Funky Butt Brass Band performed Feb. 5, 2022, at Off Broadway in St. Louis. The show was a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the band's album "You Can Trust The Funky Butt Brass Band." The ...

The nightclubs are long gone, but the music that filled them night after night -- thumping funk, soul and even disco -- is back. You might even notice someone in the old neighborhood today, standing ...