(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups embodied the late ’70s blend of funk, disco, and soul quite like Heatwave. Formed in the mid-1970s, the group became internationally known for their infectious grooves ...

Funk music emerged in the 1960s as a vibrant fusion of soul, jazz, and R&B, marked by its syncopated basslines, groovy ...

Each passing decade is accompanied by changes in popular music. Whether it’s new instruments or tools, altered voices or new ways to listen, the sound of songs changes to reflect modern culture. In ...

Naya Beat reissues the first-ever British Asian electronic dance album—a joyous, loose-limbed romp through Punjabi-tinged disco, funk, psychedelia, and proto-acid house. Save this story Save this ...

Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

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