A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...

From ballroom to disco: a look at the history and evolution of dance music Where many genres effectively disappeared in the technological era of the 80s, funk managed to embrace the synthetic ...

Before there was T-Pain, there was Zapp & Roger. The group led by Roger Troutman was known for creating some of the hottest funk hits of the 1980s that were heavy on bass and Roger’s futuristic ...

Emulated by some of the biggest names in music, this sound is — unofficially — recycled disco funk. If you’ve heard a recent song that makes you feel like you’re in an 80s club or movie, you know what ...

Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central ... heard music - including loads of funk and Moroder-adjacent disco ...