Silk Sonic’s debut album is as smooth as its name, presenting listeners with a treasure trove of luscious vocals, lively instrumentals and a whole lot of nostalgia. Magic happened when Bruno Mars and ...

Have you heard of the obscure subgenre known as mutant disco? If not, you’re not alone in that respect. This genre is also known as avant-funk or punk-funk, and it makes sense why. Mutant Disco is all ...

On the instrumental album “She Said Mahalo,” Lee Oskar plays funk, reggae, a lullaby and more, all while using less than a dozen harmonicas. The harp virtuoso known for being a founding member of the ...

Hector Gonzalez, pictured in 2013 in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., is the head of Rampart Records. The label which earned a measure of fame in the 1960s as the originator of the West Coast Eastside sound ...

As a Lafayette teenager in the early 1970s, visual artist Francis X. Pavy fell under the spell of pioneering New Orleans funk band the Meters. While still in high school, he saw multiple performances, ...

When the mercury rises, few can resist the temptation of instant cool. What's better than relaxing at the pool? The options from there are many and fluid, depending on the level of public or private ...

Gordon Staples was the concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and basically did the same for the Motown’s string sessions in the ’60s and ’70s. Remember, that was an age when many of his DSO ...

Rollerskates, bell bottoms, and boogying to the best ‘70s music you could find, preferably on an 8-track cassette. You might call it retro. Some might even say ancient. I say, that’s my childhood.