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Dr. John – The Night Tripper

Few figures in American music embody mystique, heritage, and reinvention quite like Dr. John — born Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack Jr. in 1941 in New Orleans, a city whose rhythms,...

DONALD BYRD: THE ALCHEMIST OF MODERN JAZZ, FUNK, AND HIP-HOP

Few musicians in American history have shaped the sound of multiple generations as profoundly—and as quietly—as Donald Byrd. A visionary trumpeter, master educator, producer, and restless sonic explorer, Byrd stands...

Bob James: The Rhodes Scholar Behind Hip-Hop’s Favorite Breaks

Born on December 25th in 1939, we consider Bob James to be one of the greatest Christmas gift's we could ever have wished for. Few musicians have had as winding...

Dennis Coffey: The Unsung Architect of Funk, Soul, and Sample Culture

Few guitarists have bridged as many eras, genres, and generations as Dennis Coffey. A cornerstone of Detroit’s rich musical history, Coffey’s fingerprints are all over the evolution of funk, soul,...

Orgone: The West Coast Keepers of the Groove

If Los Angeles has a soul underground, Orgone is its heartbeat. For more than two decades, this collective of musicians has been laying down grooves so deep and earthy they feel...

Vulfpeck: Masters of Modern Groove

If funk had a renaissance in the 2010s, Vulfpeck has been one of its most joyful architects. Emerging from Ann Arbor, Michigan, this tight-knit quartet has carved a niche that blends...

The Mighty Mocambos: Funk Without Borders

If deep funk had a European embassy, it would be somewhere in Hamburg, and The Mighty Mocambos would be running it. For over two decades, this German collective has been crafting...

The Bamboos: Australia’s Funk Architects

If soul had a southern hemisphere capital, it might just be Melbourne—and at its heart, for more than two decades, have been The Bamboos. Tight, funky, and impossibly smooth, this band...

Lettuce: Funk’s Future Architects

Some bands play funk. Lettuce lives it. For over two decades, this Boston-born collective has built a reputation as one of the fiercest, funkiest live bands in the world—equal parts precision...

Sharon Jones: The Fire That Wouldn’t Go Out

When Sharon Jones took the stage, you felt it before you heard it. The horn section would start to cook, the crowd would surge forward, and then—like a jolt of...