Matt Stout of the Silver and Black Soul Club who spins at Nigh Light every third Friday. Credits: Sam Zide Matt Stout of the Silver and Black Soul Club who spins at Nigh Light every third Friday.

Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

Unlike the UK, where rave culture blazed through the mainstream like a wildfire following the late-’80s acid house explosion, American rave remained a comparatively smaller, self-contained underground ...

Soul Sister has parlayed years spinning funk and R&B records on WWOZ into a way to meet her heroes. When The Roots’ Questlove was scheduled to play a gig in New Orleans, he called her to check it out.

Rolling out’s Master DJ series spotlights DJs recognized in their respective cities who are making an impact in their communities. DJ Jamad was inspired to rock turntables in the 1980s while growing ...

Melissa Weber can’t remember exactly how she discovered “Soul Train,” but on New Orleans TVs, the groove-filled music and dance show dedicated to R&B, soul, funk and Black empowerment aired at 11 a.m.

Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...

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