Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TheGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Head Hunters” album signaled a funky turn in so-called jazz music and stood out from the ...

“Explosive” and “jaw-dropping” have both been used to describe a live show by the band known as Kung Fu. Kung Fu came together in 2009, beginning as a jam session between friends at Stella Blues bar ...

Ironically, fusion was, on the one hand, largely a concern for jazz participants and observers even though they largely denied its value or any valid connection to "real jazz." On the other hand, ...

During the politically and culturally turbulent late 1960s and '70s, many jazz musicians attempted to appeal to a younger and more diverse audience that grew up listening to artists such as James ...

Maybe it's the warm weather. Maybe it's the world-famous beaches with mountains on the horizon in both cities. Well, whatever the reason, musician Roge says nothing makes him feel more like a native ...

Maybe it's the warm weather. Maybe it's the world-famous beaches with mountains on the horizon in both cities. Well, whatever the reason, musician Rogê says nothing makes him feel more like a native ...

We Americans have some very different ideas about music. Here, it's an industry, a part of the GNP-- even ... Save this story Save this story We Americans have some very different ideas about music.

Unlike most musicians today, Melbourne, Australia trio Glass Beams understand the power of mystery. At a time when everyone in the biz is hustling overtime for increasingly diminishing revenues and ...

At the forefront of Hyderabad’s buzzing music scene are some wonderful indie bands that do not subscribe to any of the stereotypes — that a band must have a distinct sound, it should perform a lot of ...

Born from the collision of funk’s irresistible grooves and psychedelic rock’s mind-expanding textures, psychedelic funk reshaped music in the late ’60s and ’70s. Acts like Parliament-Funkadelic turned ...