The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

Listen to tracks from Weldon Irvine, Flora Purim, George Duke and more artists who sent jazz to the dance floor with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funk made his name as the pioneer of the ghetto house (aka "booty house") sound that bubbled up in his native Chicago in the early ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...