The feeling you get when you hear that one song that instantly rises to the top of your most played list can be summed up to one, simple facial expression. It’s the constipated frown that turns your ...

Writer and designer Jennifer Sharpe collects musical oddities. This time, Sharpe shares some selections from an unusual genre she calls "kid funk," including 6-year ...

Bootsy Collins remembers growing up in Cincinnati, then-home of R&B powerhouse King Records, and idolizing its biggest star, James Brown. “He really took us off the streets,” Collins said, remembering ...

Dance lessons exist, obviously, but even though you can learn the steps, I'm not fully convinced you can ever fully learn how to inject that necessary groove into your blood stream. Surely you're ...

SINGAPORE — A clear sign of maturity within a music scene is when there is demand and support for musicians who trade exclusively in their craft without the need to appeal to popular tastes. Coupled ...

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Writer and designer Jennifer Sharpe collects musical oddities. This time, Sharpe shares some selections from an unusual genre she calls "kid funk," including 6-year-old Angela Simpson's 1970s ...

Bootsy Collins remembers growing up in Cincinnati, then-home of R&B powerhouse King Records, and idolizing its biggest star, James Brown. “He really took us off the streets,” Collins said, remembering ...