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 ...

VAIL, Colorado – Fatty Jenkins, an eight-piece band based on the Front Range, performs a wide-variety of music, but their roots are in reggae-caribe-funk. The band has performed alongside well-known ...

RubiX is being billed as a local band, as its members are products of Battle Mountain High School. They live in California and New Orleans now, going to school by day, writing songs by night. They ...

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.

Minneapolis-based Roster McCabe is a mix of funk and reggae, and lead singer Alex Steele has a voice that sounds like the refinished wood floor in a bar basement. Influences, according to the band's ...

CoLoSo, or the Collection of Lone Souljahs, is a NW reggae band with its roots seeded in the state of Hawaii. Born and raised on the island of Maui, frontman Kevin Coloso brought his original island ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...