The early 1970s are a bit of an underrated era of music, in my opinion. Not only was rock music going through an important transformation, but a ton of solid funk and soul music was coming out around ...

We’re several decades removed from funk music’s heyday in the 1970s and early ‘80s. Yet the music and its connection to the Gem City inspired the documentary “Funk: The Sound of Dayton,” which ...

For die-hard funk and soul fans, your Bay Area show of shows will arrive in festival form in September — if you’re ready to add some dips in your hips and put some pep in your step along the Vallejo ...

Par for the course, Dr. Dre sampled some old funk tracks, including Sly & the Family Stone’s “Thank You,” as well as the 1979 hit by The Police, “Message in a Bottle.” Ahead of its release, the ...