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Chris LeBrane’s Campaign is a long-awaited Orlando solo debut Credit: Courtesy photo In Orlando music circles, Chris LeBrane is what’s known as a man in demand. Over a local career of many years, he’s ...

Funk maestros Lettuce released a new digital single, “Star Children,” a nod toward Parliament-Funkadelic’s brazen keyboardist and synth ace Bernie Worrell. The track was first offered on the Japanese ...

Aaron Funk's latest album was created and performed live on a modular synth with no overdubbing and editing; it's one of the more beautiful records from the project in recent memory. Still, in this ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Synth-Funk band Midnight Star will perform as the headlining band for the annual Syracuse JAMS FunkFest in September at the 2022 Great New York State Fair. The band will end a day of ...

In the list below of the Top 40 Funk Songs, which were voted on by the UCR staff, funk takes on various guises, from the earliest R&B detours to the synthesizer and electronic embellishments of the ...

Those who have spent time in South Florida’s burgeoning underground electronic music scene might recognize Ashiyushi’s unique style of lo-fi, smooth beats blended with dreamy synths and familiar ...

Jazz-funk supergroup Nitecap has released its debut album, Things of That Nature, a 10-track set of original compositions that harkens on the contemporary synth-laden soul with jazz-funk and fusion ...

It’s commonplace now when talking about music to refer to acts “sounding ’80s,” although in truth that’s always been something of a misnomer. We’ve consistently been served up a spate of bands that ...

William Onyeabor, the mysterious, mythic Nigerian synth-funk pioneer, died in his sleep Tuesday morning, as confirmed in a touching, lengthy statement from Luaka Bop. David Byrne, who helped found the ...