Funk duo Tuxedo, composed of Jake One and Mayer Hawthorne, lays the funk on thick, singing smooth peanut butter and jazz songs that will most definitely get you swaying. “The whole thing is about the ...

For 20 years, keyboardist John “Papa” Gros has exported New Orleans music to Japan, first with the late Snooks Eaglin, then with George Porter Jr. and his own band, Papa Grows Funk. This week, he’s ...

The electro-funk style known as Minneapolis Sound took over pop music in the 80s & 90s. The electro-funk style known as the Minneapolis Sound took over pop music in the 1980s and 90s. LA is in ...

Back in the 1990s, the “G-Funk” sound popularized by West Coast rappers was all the rage. And while the MCs may have gotten all the adulation, session players like keyboardist/synth man Damon Riddick ...

This year, samba, Brazil’s most iconic and widely acclaimed musical style, is celebrating its 100th birthday. About 100 years ago, it was persecuted and criminalised as the music of former slaves and ...

High up in a crudely constructed bare-concrete home in the favela of Mangueira, a Funk Carioca beat crackles from tinny smartphone speakers. It's the rhythm of Rio de Janeiro's vibrant hillside ...