This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...
“The great thing about having a studio right at home,” guitarist Derek Trucks says with a grin, taking a break from mixing the new Derek Trucks Band album at Electric Lady Studios in New York, “is ...
Leon Thomas finds his groove — and makes sure everyone in the office feels it too, in his new NPR Tiny Desk performance. The R&B artist and producer showcased his wide-ranging talent as a musician ...
When Teddy Riley looks across the pop landscape of 2017, he must feel like a proud father. Bruno Mars is currently No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Weeknd is an arena-filling megastar, and Pharrell ...
On the R&B side of things, Brandy put a special spin on Kehlani‘s buzzy hit “Folded,” which recently became the highest-charting solo song of her career on the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 34, chart dated ...
Celebrating 35 years of harmonious excellence, En Vogue is one of the most influential female vocal groups in contemporary music history. The Oakland-formed quartet revolutionized R&B in the 1990s ...
This is the story about how two singers can release the same song, but one version becomes way more famous than the other. Such was the case between Luther Vandross and Chaka Khan, who both recorded ...