Early on in "The Makings of Curtis Mayfield," H.E.R., the 27-year-old R&B pop star who directed the film and appears in it as ...

The 70s and 80s were pivotal decades in music history, giving birth to groundbreaking genres, legendary artists, and timeless albums. These two decades saw a revolution in musical styles, blending ...

DJ Funk/Facebook DJ Funk, the Chicago legend who coined the term "ghetto house," has died. The musician, whose real name was Charles Chambers, was 54. Funk's death was confirmed to PEOPLE by his ...

These days, many of the tunes aren’t topping the charts the way they did in the ‘70s and ‘80s, but the genre still shows up in pop culture. David Webb pointed to “Uptown Funk” featuring ...

Cymande (pronounced sih-mahn-day; a creole word for dove) are one of the earliest British funk bands, formed more than 50 years ago. They’ve had a roller-coaster of a career. In 1972 ...

Roy Ayers, who died March 4 at 84 after a long illness, understood this perhaps better than any other vibraphonist. He had the chops to run rings around many of his peers, and he did just that as a ...

In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. It would one day make its home in Dayton, Ohio.