Tag: FUNK

It has been a decade since the passing of musical icon Prince, and the music world is still searching for an heir to the Purple Rain star's throne. The Minneapolis legend redefined what it meant to be a pop sensation, leaving boots too large for any single artist to fill. However, several contemporary artists could be in the running as his successor.

Tickets for Stevie Wonder's 50th-anniversary Songs in the Key of Life tour are officially on sale. Released in 1976, Wonder's musical masterpiece gave us classics like Sir Duke, I Wish, and Isn't She Lovely, cementing the legendary singer's place in music history. The album made history on the Billboard 200 chart by becoming the third album to debut at number one and the first album by an American artist to do so. Wonder recorded countless songs over the two-year period it took to complete the project, with co-engineer John Fischbach recalling something like 200 songs were created during that time.

Rick James, Buffalo's funk apostle, flipped Motown with "Super Freak" and the diamond-selling Street Songs. His punk-funk blueprint built Teena Marie and supplied Rick Rubin beats. From draft dodger to cocaine empire collapse, he fused grit and groove forever.

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022590 Share Nashville, Tenn. – After spending 27 long years behind bars for a crime she didn’t commit, a 74-year-old Tennessee...