Exploring the best in funk and soul from the roots of black music through to the current club sounds, featuring classic tracks, new releases, sessions and interviews.

Uptown Plaza, a Phoenix shopping center, has been a catalyst for growth since its opening in 1955. The center underwent a major renovation in 2016, restoring its midcentury modern design and ...

DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer ...

We love and miss you my brother, and I won't let our sound die.' A GoFundMe account had been posted by DJ Funk family's to help the ailing musician, whose real name was Charles Chambers ...

Roy Ayers, who has died aged 84, was a pioneer of jazz-funk in the 1970s, the uplifting groove and messages of his music exemplified by his best-known track, Everybody Loves the Sunshine; although ...

Chicago-born ghetto house pioneer DJ Funk has died. His close friend and frequent collaborator DJ Slugo confirmed his death in an Instagram post Wednesday. The beloved DJ, real name Charles Chambers, ...

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Word that the owners of Gautreau’s were developing the new lounge Avegno in the adjacent building first made me think it would address one of the peculiarities of the long-running Uptown restaurant.

DJ Funk, the Chicago producer who created and named the subgenre of ghetto house, is dead. He was 54, per The Guardian, though other sources report his birthday as June 20, 1971. DJ Slugo ...

Cultivating a smooth signature sound that wove lush soul, elastic jazz, and tight funk, Ayers emphasized rhythm ... Soon, he learned piano and sang in a church choir but didn’t acquire his ...

But this image is out of date. Modern Brazilians prefer sertanejo, a bouncing country genre, and funk, a style that emerged from Rio’s favelas. Funk in particular could go global, and change ...

“In the same way our Arcadia restaurant has become woven into the fabric of the community, we envision The Henry Uptown as a gathering place for the Uptown Phoenix neighborhood and beyond ...