Faith No More helped create new trends. The band emerged from San Francisco’s underground scene in the 1980s and became known ...

New York? Members of a 1980s funk and disco group hit a sour note in their attempt to break the world record for the largest kazoo ensemble, falling short of the some 2,600 impromptu musicians needed.

With a focus on music from the Middle East and North Africa, Habibi Funk co-founder and curator Jannis Stürtz and his team have been reissuing some of the most unexpected and exciting releases of the ...

An ill-timed suit charges late rapper Adam Yauch and his fellow Beastie Boys with illegally using parts of two 1980s funk tracks for their classic albums “Licensed to Ill” and “Paul’s Boutique.” The ...

Kali Bowyer, a representative for the long-defunct three-piece rap group, claims there are notable similarities between The Sequence’s 1979 hit Funk You Up and the 2014 smash hit, which recently won a ...

From 1960 to the late 1980s, there was one man documenting the experience of black life in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Charles Chamblis was to the Twin Cities — in particular North Minneapolis — ...