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Though he was primarily a singer and entertainer onstage (one of the best in popular music history, mind), James Brown was a well-rounded musician, with a crystal-clear vision of how his endlessly ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll? By naturally throwing a totally different kind of party: a grooving, brass ...

That meeting would change the course of both men’s lives and allow for the Minneapolis sound to become a global phenomenon. While Prince was writing and producing his own music he conceived of a band ...

The month of June started with music fans everywhere commemorating the would-be 61st birthday of pop legend Prince, and now his estate is releasing something extra special to cap off his birth month: ...

Before he was a world-beating superstar, Prince Rogers Nelson was a kid playing high school dances around the Twin Cities with his first band, Grand Central. That was the mid-’70s, a time of sexy ...

Allow funk musician Cory Wong to take you on a tour through the history of rhythm guitar, over which the innovations of the Chic legend loom large. Illustration: Iris Gottlieb Cory Wong is a ...

Garry "Jellybean" Johnson, a funk rock musician best known as a founding member of the Prince-associated band The Time, has died. He was 69. Johnson, who turned 69 on Nov. 19, died on Friday, Nov. 21, ...

How else would Prince shut down the South by Southwest Music Festival that is basically a weeklong showcase of rock n' roll? By throwing a totally different kind party: a grooving, brass band-backed ...