With apologies to the Ohio Players, here are ten funk songs from that era that showcase just how awesome funk could be.

Sly and Family Stone Splinter on 'Family Affair' This was their first new song in almost two years and their third No. 1 single. What it wasn't, however, was a family affair. They were a defining ...

Sly and the Family Stone performing at the Woodstock Festival ... turns the lens back at the festival's audience. These are the songs that filled their three days of peace, love and music.

The 30 songs on Now's first volume filled two LPs ... and improvisatory challenges of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown and Sly Stone, the trumpeter, over the course of several sessions, goaded multiple ...

Why? Well, beyond the obvious reasons, one day daughters will grow up to be mothers themselves, at least according to John Mayer in this lovely little song from 2003. The good and the bad, it's all ...

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Calculated outrageousness is in this year - from Britain’s Adam & the Ants to New York’s Plasmatics - and a leading contender is Minneapolis’ 20-year-old Prince, whose black satin bikini underwear and ...

We spoke with Andre 3000 about New Blue Sun, spirituality, legacy, mythology, coming back to New York for BAM’s New Wave ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

A song like “Cloud Nine,” which peaked ... Can’t Get Next To You”: THE NUMBER TWOS: The aforementioned Sly & The Family Stone’s euphorically nostalgic “Hot Fun In The Summertime ...

“Somebody once said: ‘Ice-T is the only person who does things that totally jeopardise his career just to stay awake,’” the ...

The Colombian superstar continued his record-breaking streak with a mega-show that brought together his reggaeton supergroup.