Even if you think you’ve never heard Cymande’s music, you almost certainly have. Maybe it was as key samples in De La Soul’s ...

The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s.

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

Chicago-bred singer, songwriter and pianist Neal Francis channels the swagger of 70s icons. His latest single, ‘Need You Again’, is pulsing with the loose-limbed energy of late-70s proto-house, unspoo ...

A great TV theme song has the power to instantly transport us into the world of a show, setting the tone before the first ...

After 15 years in Rockville, the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival has found new digs and is ready to welcome jazz fans this weekend ...

T he Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a bizarre institution that manages to simultaneously be one of the highest honors in music ...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the influential Sly and the Family Stone front man. It also probes a ...

A new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and classics like “Wicked,” “The Phantom of the Opera” ...

Acclaimed singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis shares the second song from his eagerly anticipated third studio ...

ATLANTA — Two iconic Atlanta groups, OutKast and The Black Crowes, have been nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll ...