The Super-Sampled Band Cymande Made Funk With a Message. It’s Back.
The British group with Caribbean roots stopped performing in 1974. Its slow-rolling comeback is realized on Friday with a new ...
‘70s rock legend dead at 77 after cancer battle
Bruce Howe, a legendary rock bassist in the 1970s band Fraternity, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 77. Howe reportedly died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Howe was in Fraternity ...
From YMCA to MAGA: why Trump plays Village People at his rallies
The idea of Trump using the music of a band famous for its gay anthems has perplexed many, but the Maga movement does seem to ...
With Led Zeppelin doc hitting theaters, here’s a look at the band’s Texas ties
From the Texas International Pop Festival to an appreciation of Robert Johnson's Dallas connection, the Lone Star State and ...
The band Slash said Guns N’ Roses wouldn’t exist without: “They were the template for what I do”
Most people needed something like Guns N' Roses in the 1980s, but Slash felt that his career is owed to the generation of ...
Cymande – ‘Renascence’ album review: the British funk icons never lost their appeal
Defining the British funk scene with their 1972 debut, Cymande have finally returned to the airwaves with the comeback album ...
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Drifters of Victoria say so long after great ride
The Drifters of Victoria, performed their final reunion dance at The Victoria Community Center, to a packed house. This New ...
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“Yacht Rock the Dock” brings legendary artists to Hard Rock Tulsa June 7
Celebrating the smooth rock era from the 1970s and 1980s that defined a generation, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa will ...
From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...
12 ‘Fancy’ Electronics From the 1970s That Were the Height of Innovation
Shanina/istockphotoIt’s hard to imagine a world without the many modern conveniences we enjoy today. Can’t function without ...
Quarrels, cocaine, and the rise and fall of Humble Pie
In 1969 an exciting new supergroup was born - but the story of Humble Pie is one of frustration and crushing disappointment ...
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The Jarrow music maestro who rose to stardom with a mega hit
The man who had a British mega hit, once shared a stage with Tina Turner as she performed before a crowd of more than 100,000 ...