How do you know if an R&B or hip-hop song is a classic? It’s a puzzling question. Many people feel the word “classic” has become overused and that albums, songs, and artists are being called “classic” ...

Clarinetist David Krakauer is known as both a classical virtuoso and a hard-rocking player of klezmer, the instrumental music of East European Jewry. Several years ago, he connected with DJ Socalled, ...

This week, the Wii Shop Channel delivers a funky Pong-like rhythm game and an old-school sports games from waaaaaaaaaaay back when. As in, 24 years ago. BIT.TRIP BEAT is a rhythm game that brings ...

“Two thousand miles I roam, just to make Madison my home.” —Clyde Stubblefield I never saw James Brown dance across the stage to Clyde Stubblefield’s funky beat, but I danced many times to that beat ...

When siblings Dean and Melody Workman opened Funky Beat 14 years ago, they brought the reggae scene and surf style to the suburbs of Hampton Roads. The brother-sister team established themselves as ...