Producer/musician Malcolm Cecil demonstrates a Moog synthesizer at the NAMM Show on Jan. 25, 2015 in Anaheim. (Daniel Knighton/WireImage) Though he was hardly a household name, the musician, producer ...

Chris LeBrane’s Campaign is a long-awaited Orlando solo debut Credit: Courtesy photo In Orlando music circles, Chris LeBrane is what’s known as a man in demand. Over a local career of many years, he’s ...

Funk maestros Lettuce released a new digital single, “Star Children,” a nod toward Parliament-Funkadelic’s brazen keyboardist and synth ace Bernie Worrell. The track was first offered on the Japanese ...

Montreal synth-funk icons spin fresh cuts ahead of new LP “Adult Contemporary,” and reveal their desire to be “The ZZ Top of funk.” Montreal synth-funk icons spin fresh cuts ahead of new LP “Adult ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Synth-Funk band Midnight Star will perform as the headlining band for the annual Syracuse JAMS FunkFest in September at the 2022 Great New York State Fair. The band will end a day of ...

Those who have spent time in South Florida’s burgeoning underground electronic music scene might recognize Ashiyushi’s unique style of lo-fi, smooth beats blended with dreamy synths and familiar ...

Jazz-funk supergroup Nitecap has released its debut album, Things of That Nature, a 10-track set of original compositions that harkens on the contemporary synth-laden soul with jazz-funk and fusion ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

Toronto synth-pop group TWRP (“Tupper Ware Remix Party,” allegedly) have a cutesy but somewhat vague 80s sci-fi backstory: front man Doctor Sung, for instance, is supposed to have traveled through ...

It’s commonplace now when talking about music to refer to acts “sounding ’80s,” although in truth that’s always been something of a misnomer. We’ve consistently been served up a spate of bands that ...

William Onyeabor, the mysterious, mythic Nigerian synth-funk pioneer, died in his sleep Tuesday morning, as confirmed in a touching, lengthy statement from Luaka Bop. David Byrne, who helped found the ...