(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think about soul and funk legends of the ‘70s and ‘80s, certain names dominate the headlines — but true music lovers know Carl Carlton belongs firmly in that conversation.

Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia is out now through Ostinato Records. By Katie Bain The former USSR might ...

Here's a tour of the uptown funk of the early '80s with songs that listeners have heard alluded to in the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars hit, some fleetingly, some more obviously. By Sean Ross Part of the ...

A one-hit wonder refers to a musical artist or band that achieves mainstream success with a single hit song but fails to replicate that success with subsequent releases. These artists are often ...

What happens when you put Jake One (the Seattle hip-hop producer whose beats have been rapped on by State Property’s Freeway, G-Unit's 50 Cent and Mobb Deep’s Prodigy) and Mayer Hawthorne (the Grammy ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Featuring over sixty songs, Decades Rewind effortlessly blends unique medleys from ...