Next, Neville formed Art Neville and the Neville Sounds with brothers Aaron and Cyril. By 1965, that band morphed into the Meters, which created New Orleans funk. As the house band for Allen Toussaint ...

Musician and filmmaker Questlove follows his Oscar-winning "Summer of Soul" documentary with one on funk legend Sly Stone, in "Sly Lives! AKA The Burden of Black Genius." ...

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.

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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 ...