Devotees of Sly and the Family Stone’s introspective funk landmark, “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” rightly celebrate Sylvester “Sly” Stewart’s early experiments with a drum machine. Sublime achievements ...

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The Columbus funk musician died Aug. 25. He was remembered by his community at a celebration of life on Sept. 2.

Rhythmic drum patterns with a balance of rhythmic predictability and complexity may influence our desire to dance and enjoy the music. Many people find themselves unable to resist moving their bodies ...

Sampling and remixing is at the very core of dance music culture. Genres like house, garage and jungle owe many of their stylistic traits to the way pioneering producers reworked sampled sounds such ...

Funk tracks where a band comes together in a fusion of instrument driven harmony always brings out a different side to breakers. Making breakers want to top rock a little more and shake their ...

Back in August, NPR’s Sami Yenigun proclaimed that “One,” by the Los Angeles-based, Houston-born musician Seven Davis Jr., was his summer jam and “should be everybody’s late summer jam.” Here on the ...

For a genre that gets its name from two key ingredients, drum ‘n’ bass has a diverse range of sub genres. From jungle to neuro, minimal to clownstep, each style has its own key signifiers and you’ll ...