In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and how it ...

Music has evolved throughout the decades, but even with the current musical climate, no one can deny the impact of the 1970s.

During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk, and disco ... some of the hottest R&B songs that was released in the '70s.

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

Soft rock, soul, R&B, disco, funk and hard rock all hit the No. 1 ... In the early part of the '70s, music was heavily laced with the symbolic representation of U.S. politics and the Vietnam ...

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 ...