Sep. 6—Vallejo has seen good and bad moments recently, but on Saturday the city truly hit some positive notes. It was all about music as Con Funk Shun, a band born in Vallejo with a long and ...

Vallejo has seen good and bad moments recently, but on Saturday the city truly hit some positive notes. It was all about music as Con Funk Shun, a band born in Vallejo with a long and successful ...

Sep. 4—For generations, music artists born and raised in Vallejo have managed to make it big in the industry, from Sly and the Family Stone to E-40 to LaRussell. This year's Dock of Bay Music Festival ...

(KRON) – Mare Island Dock of the Bay musical festival has announced its headliners with the ultimate ode to the City of Vallejo. All of the performers were born and raised in Vallejo, spanning ...

Being seasonal has long been a trend, a goal, a flex of the foodie world. But in Japan, it’s called shun (旬), what chef Ryuta Iizuka, of Tokyo’s two-Michelin-starred Ryuzu, says “refers to the period ...

It was sometime in the latter part of the 1960s that R&B gave way to soul and, by extension, funk. It wasn't a scene so much at first as it was a grouping of like-minded artists taking their music to ...

Batman (and Joker) fans can fittingly hear the iconic line from Tim Burton’s 1989 superhero film under the night sky during an outdoor concert experience that takes place during San Diego Comic-Con ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Planet Funk Con is returning for another epic celebration of comics, cosplay, and all things fandom on June 27–29 at the RiverCenter in Davenport. The host site will transform ...

Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their hype man and was known as “Chicago Mike,” died in a car crash on Sunday in Georgia. He was 71. Local Atlanta television ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71 ...