Explore iconic ‘70s female singers who defined a decade. Discover their timeless music, unforgettable voices and lasting ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and how it has impacted the sounds of today. Today, let’s highlight some of the ...

In a show at the New York Historical, Arlene Gottfried carries on the tradition of Arbus and Winogrand in the ’70s and ’80s, ...

Whatever it was, there was special excitement Wednesday night at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. It was the return to the United States for Cymande, a British soul band that had a brief run in the ...

The second was Rapture, a song that merges disco, hip-hop, funk and new wave Rapture would go on to become the first No. 1 ...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the influential Sly and the Family Stone front man. It also probes a ...

A classically trained pianist, Oxford music graduate, and leading lady in Les Misérables, Philippa has since carved a bold new path as a powerhouse soul/funk artist. Her journey began at the ...

In his sophomore documentary with Onyx Collective, "Sly Lives! The Burden of Black Genius," Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ...

By Jim Farber In the late ’70s, when the star hip-hop producer Prince Paul was just 10 years old, he heard a song that stopped him cold. “Bra,” by a little-known British funk group named Cym ...

The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s. The musician ... as it ...

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different trailblazer and ...

racially integrated 1960s and ‘70s funk band. After more than 30 years out of the spotlight — and another 10 in which his personal and legal troubles sadly dominated more headlines than his ...