For Fela Week, Okayplayer takes at how Fela Kuti connected James Brown and the Black Power movement to fuel his own unique ...

Though it was promoted as a live album, “Sex Machine” is actually about half live and half studio. The first and second sides ...

The pioneering artist's blend of sensual and sacred themes leave a map for music to reclaim its ancestral funk.

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French duo Justice open up about their face-melting 'Hyperdrama' tour, winning Grammys and what "the French touch" means (or ...

D’Angelo, the legendary R&B singer who helped pioneer the genre of music known as “neo-soul” and is known for such hits as ...

Sammy Hagar may live, sleep and breathe hard rock, but there was a good chance of him going in a much different direction.

His death at age 51 was announced on Tuesday. He died after a prolonged battle with cancer, according to a statement from the ...

If House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks Lee Greenwood should play the Super Bowl, it’s time to bury his overplayed “God Bless the USA.” | Opinion ...

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On her new album, “The BPM,” the songwriter, fiddler and rapper pumps up the beat and crafts a timely narrative about humans and machines.

She learnt to fly a plane before she was old enough to drive a car, and went on to become the first female commercial pilot ...