The vaults of New York’s P&P Records are a goldmine of weird, off-brand disco and funk, as this lovingly assembled compilation proves There is an oft-parroted theory that hip-hop began as a kind of ...

In his new book lecture Tuesday, CU Boulder researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin ...

Vaughan Mason, the musician and producer whose influential disco-funk singles — most notably his 1980 roller skating anthem “Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll” — have been sampled by dozens of artists ranging ...