“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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the late '70s and early '80s, funk, soul and r&b artists like Prince, Marvin Gaye and George ...

Master Ghanaian Drummer and lead percussionist for Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusions for 13 years. Abass Dodoo and his band One-Drum Rhythms brings high Highlife Band, with an eclectic repertoire of jazz ...

The Columbus funk musician died Aug. 25. He was remembered by his community at a celebration of life on Sept. 2.

If the ultimate accolade for a musician is to have your own GarageBand/Logic Pro Producer Pack - and who’s to say that it isn’t? - then Cory Wong, the hardest working man in guitar-based funk, has ...