Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang died Sunday in a Georgia car crash. He was 71. Sumler, known as "Chicago Mike," was a ...

Mourning in the music world. Domenico Gigi Canu, the guitarist of Planet Funk, has died at 66. The news was shared by the ...

Two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based bands opened the biggest stage of Boston Calling for the third and final day of the ...

The funk and jazz band Lettuce joined forces with the Symphony for an orchestral revamp of their sound. The resulting live ...

The season launches Saturday, May 31 with Funk Fest featuring Thumpdaddy, Freekbass and Rick James’ Stone City Band, and closes Saturday, Sept. 13 with Jazz Fest featuring Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz ...

AMANA — The Midwest’s “hippest band,” FunkDaddies, will return to the Amana Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 24 ...

As Geneva, a Boston-founded band with local ties, looks to new beginnings in the Pacific Northwest, staple Spokane rock band ...