A needle drops on a turntable, the snare of a drum machine slaps against slippery guitar rhythms and slinky bass grooves, and the dance floor of Original Mike’s in Santa Ana gets shocked back into ...

While some people are content to spend Sunday nights at home, a group of San Francisco DJs have made Sunday the night to hit the dance floor. The tight but amorphous crew behind Sweater Funk digs deep ...

In 1974, Kool and the Gang had a huge hit with the song “Jungle Boogie.” The song, from the band’s 1973 album Wild and Peaceful, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 9, 1974, and was on ...

Mayer Hawthorne had been steadily building a rising fanbase with his ridiculously infectious dance-pop and soul music over the course of four solo albums that each seemed to raise his profile ...

The vision of late 1960s and early '70s Seattle R&B as laid out by Light in the Attic's 2005 comp Wheedle's Groove permeated everything in reach of your speakers, and this collection proves that ...

DJs can be a cagey bunch, protective of their knowledge, reluctant to reveal favorite digging spots to even their closest friends or, in the case of Afrika Bambaataa, peeling center labels off in the ...

This is the best, funkiest, coolest version of Bruno Mars' ‘Uptown Funk’. End of. If you’ve never heard ‘Uptown Funk’ before, now’s the time to listen to it: Yeah, it’s a great pop tune. But not as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Jungle Boogie” became a club classic at the dawn of the disco era. The song featured a funk guitar track, bass riff, horns, and ...