With a focus on music from the Middle East and North Africa, Habibi Funk co-founder and curator Jannis Stürtz and his team have been reissuing some of the most unexpected and exciting releases of the ...

Welcome to our 1970s based funk lesson, the aim of which is to arm you with the skills you’ll need to create great ’70s-style funk parts. The first technique to examine is 16th-note strumming, which ...

Drawing from songs he wrote during the pandemic quarantine and demos recorded with longtime collaborator Sergio Rios, and others written while he was on the road, Return to Zero was in the making for ...

Push play on Durand Jones & the Indications’ third release at any party and wait for it; someone will surely ask “Which Earth, Wind, and Fire album is this?” It’s a logical question since Private ...

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 ...

From the crucible of diverse styles that stirred in the streets of London in the ‘70s, Cymande emerged as pioneers of a bold new sound. From their formation in 1971, the nine-piece funk outfit ...

Ask the average pop fan to trace the development of rock and roll through the ’60s and ’70s, and he or she will immediately recall the way the music moved from the British Invasion into psychedelia, ...

It was daylight but the music was dark and moody. And despite having the office lights turned on high, it was Khruangbin's trance-inducing tone that set the mood and carried me away. This trio from ...