Dee Dee Bridgewater turns 76 as the Grammy-winning jazz and funk icon continues touring, mentoring artists and releasing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Luther Vandross' music still lives on after his death. On May 31, Primary Wave Music, in partnership with Vandross' estate, will ...

A previously unheard album of Frank Zappa material called Funky Nothingness will be released on June 30. Recorded in 1970, the songs are believed to have been earmarked for a follow-up to Zappa’s 1969 ...

Billy Bass, born William Nelson, Jr., and the founding bassist of Parliament–Funkadelic, died on Saturday, February 1, at 75. Nelson was instrumental in transitioning the Parliaments from a doo-wop ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The dazzling ...

From the crucible of diverse styles that stirred in the streets of London in the ‘70s, Cymande emerged as pioneers of a bold new sound. From their formation in 1971, the nine-piece funk outfit ...

Tony Maiden of Rufus has been waiting nearly 20 years to perform "Ain't Nobody," the funk group's Grammy Award-winning 1983 hit. Rufus broke up in the early '80s after lead singer Chaka Khan left to ...