From blues and funk to gospel and reggae, you’re bound to find a concert that fits the bill on area stages this weekend. In addition to an assortment of free shows including the Dayton Funk Festival ...

Funk Flex didn’t just host—he owned the stage. From lively interactions with the crowd to DJing between sets, his presence kept the energy booming throughout the night. A true showman, he created ...

What happens when you mix three generations of music, from classic funk to reggae with a mix of hip-hop and rock 'n' roll thrown in for good measure? You get the package tour headed by the New Bedford ...

Rogue Sound likes to blend musical genres, and the Boulder outfit cranks out a very danceable mix of hip-hop, reggae and funk grooves. The local group’s stepped up its line-up and its career plan.

Who: Cashed Love QuartetWhen and where: 3 p.m. today at The Maggie in Breckenridge; Monday at three20south; Saturday, Jan. 9 at Jonny G’sWhere’d the name come from? It’s a cross between the names of ...

The past several years has been a period of intense evolution for reggae-funk outfit Luv Locz Experiment, celebrating the release of “Strange Fruit” at PNC Arts Annex in Dayton on Friday, April 28.

Chris “DeRoc” DeBose, leader and lead singer of local reggae/world beat/funk band the Revealers, served 10 years in the Marine Corps. His tours of duty included a violent hitch in Beirut and a stint ...

Stephen Marley hasn’t exactly lived in anonymity. As a member of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, and producer of a pair of high-profile CDs ” “Halfway Tree,” by his brother Damian Marley, which ...

If that doesn’t seem like a logical pairing to you, you’re hardly to be blamed, but since the mid-1960s musicians from Jamaica and other West Indian nations carved out a scene for themselves in ...

While Atlanta was still in its funk era in the 1970s, reggae and dancehall music began to gain popularity in New York, where they would be infused with round-the-way rap to form hip-hop. For example, ...

French DJ Gilles Peterson has been at the forefront of music curation for the best part 40 years, having started out on UK pirate radio in the late ‘70s as a teen. With his latest album as STR4TA, the ...