Many things have changed in the four decades that have passed since Cleveland soul and funk legend Lou Ragland last played the Rock Hall city, but one thing that remains is the singer's smooth vocals.

The funk/soul icon, 72, and English rock legend, 80, are proving they're both still going strong, joining forces to release a ...

With a punchy, high tenor voice that sometimes sounds a bit less polished than those of more famous soul singers like He leaves to our imagination just how he'll engineer such destruction, while ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure ...

The Miami based jazz/funk trio just released their second album Soulful Days. It became an instant Open Air favorite.

“Cook,” the upcoming album of funk band Lettuce, expands the group’s musical repertoire through experimentation with new ...

The soul mavens behind Mile High Soul Club grew up on a diet of Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Motown 45s played by their parents. “My parents listened to ’60s Motown when I was younger, so I was ...

There are two dominant aspects to the musical style of the persuasive, hard swinging saxophonist and composer Ian Hendrickson-Smith. One comes via soul and funk jazz, a bluesy approach he calls "dirty ...

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 ...