Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A legendary funk and R&B singer is dead at age 72. Carl Carlton, the voice of 1970s and ‘80s hits like “Everlasting Love” and “She ...

R&B/funk group Labelle, best known for their iconic hit “Lady Marmalade,” is the subject of a new rock opera now in development. According to the description, the show plans to capture “how Labelle ...

BACK TO YOU, AARON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THE BAND FROM VALLEJO THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL R&B FUNK HITS IS BACK WITH MUSIC JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER. AND WE’RE GETTING TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR NEWEST ...

Frankie Beverly, a funk and R&B innovator, singer, songwriter, producer and founder of the band Maze, died Tuesday. He was 77. Beverly’s death was confirmed by his family in a post via the band’s ...

This Saturday afternoon, Aug. 26, the Calvert County Fairgrounds will undergo a modest transformation of sorts when it hosts the Southern Maryland Wine, Jazz, R&B and Funk Festival, with a new lineup ...

MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY: (Vocalizing). SIDNEY MADDEN, BYLINE: For over 50 years, Frankie Beverly's voice kept fans dancing. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) FRANKIE BEVERLY: That is ...

FRANKIE BEVERLY: That is unquestionably the favorite part of this whole thing to me. MADDEN: That's Beverly in an interview with NPR in 2005. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BEFORE I LET GO") MAZE FEATURING ...