The Blackbyrds’ City Life doesn’t just groove—it struts. Released in 1975 at the height of funk’s golden era, this album is a shining example of how ...

The record desert. That's what Jeffrey Bouchard calls Cape Cod. As a DJ for more than 25 years, Bouchard wants to bring the vinyl record community together. Over the years of DJing in nightclubs ...

Performer, composer, and producer Dave Fleschner has officially released Deep Cuts, a limited-edition vinyl that revisits and ...

Back in the late sixties, when rock musicians started to explore more complex things, the music became at the same time more ...

Based in San Francisco, Sly and the Family Stone was responsible for some of the biggest anthems of the late ’60s and early ...

Ben Wintroub can't find what he's looking for. "King Tubby … King Tubby …" he murmurs to himself, standing over a wooden record bin. "Where's the King Tubby?" We're standing in the back corner of his ...

Celebrate Juneteenth, stay up late at the Smithsonian’s Solstice Saturday, dance at an outdoor concert or sample barbecue on Pennsylvania Avenue.

He recorded his first solo album, ‘Score’, in 1968, featuring a young, then unknown 19 year-old tenor saxophonist named Michael Brecker. After Horace Silver, Randy joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers ...

The coming months in the Howard Assembly Room in the heart of Leeds celebrate the power of music to move, inspire and ...

With its infectious refrain, “Cantaloupe Island” sounded like a close relative of “Watermelon Man,” the pianist’s 1962 debut single, though ironically, it appeared on one of his most ...