Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated ...

"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...

The self-proclaimed "rock and roll survivalist" started playing the drums when he was 14 in his school orchestra but was ...

It became known as the most commercially successful band to emerge from a fertile New York rock scene that also produced Talking Heads ... icons as Iggy Pop and David Bowie. It became known ...

The band recorded its first album in 1976 and by the following year was touring with such icons as Iggy Pop and David Bowie ... scene that also produced Talking Heads and the Ramones.

Mr. Burke’s high-energy drumming helped define the sound of new-wave punk and the band Blondie led by singer Debbie Harry.