Charlotte has a rich history of funk music. Back in 1965, the "Grandmaster of Funk" himself Mr. James Brown recorded his single “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” right here in the Queen City. As one of ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Beyoncé‘s seventh solo album “Renaissance” serves as a celebratory tribute to the Black and queer roots of dance and house music; a compilation of new and old sounds, complete with samples from the ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

The album's sound is an ambitious, carefully crafted tapestry. While rooted firmly in the warmer, groove-led traditions of '90s house, Bellaire meticulously weaves in the electric shimmer of disco, ...

Following the trailer release for Team Reptile's funktastic Bomb Rush Cyberfunk way back in 2021, we have been feeling the groove while we wait for an official release date. Today, however, we have ...