"That still sticks with me to this day." Taylor had covered some Kool & the Gang songs in his early years, and at one point, ...

Imagine for a second you’d written a song as eternal as Kool & the Gang’s 1980 funk hit “Celebration” – the sort of record, as founding member Robert “Kool” Bell puts it, that you ...

Grammy Award-winning funk legends Kool & the Gang become the newest announced show headed to Roanoke Island Festival Park for ...

Jazz in Paris’ is the second posthumous release from Kool & the Gang’s George Brown, discussed with his widow and Magnetic Music Works co-founder Hanh Brown.

Kool and the Gang was officially launched in 1969. The band is known for its unique jazz, R&B, soul, and funk blend. With iconic songs like "Celebration," "Jungle Boogie," and "Get Down On It ...

Read full article: George Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang, dead at 74 George Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as “Too Hot ...

Funk reached the height of its commercial appeal in the 1970s with huge hit songs from Chaka Khan, Kool & The Gang, The Commodores, Chic, and Stevie Wonder to name a few. In this decade ...

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with George Brown's widow Hanh Pham Brown and Curtis F. Williams about the release of Brown's Jazz in Paris ...

"Merry Go Round" creates an elegant, warm soundscape with its usage of airy, nostalgic strings, rich percussion, and lush bass grooves. Atop the vibrant instrumentation, Lupo delivers dynamic, ...