In this 25th edition of Eclectic Discoveries, get an eye and ear full of some sonic gems, from modern electric blues, to post-punk, to jazz-funk, and more.

Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang died Sunday in a Georgia car crash. He was 71. Sumler, known as "Chicago Mike," was a ...

The singers are back with new music and rerecordings of their classics with “Full Circle,” their first non-Christmas album in ...

Despite some minor hits in the 1960s, Chicago vocal group the Radiants couldn’t ride the soul-music wave they’d helped create.

Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force released the trailblazing single “Planet Rock” in 1982. It eventually made its way ...

Now that we're halfway into the 2020s, it's safe to say that R&B is still in a solid place. While some fans are still holding on to the claims of how much they miss the '90s and 2000s sounds ...

The biggest of those, “I’ll Be Missing You,” featured Wallace’s widow, Faith Evans, and the R&B group 112. The requiem, which samples the Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” spent 11 ...

What makes a great song? Naturally, a song needs compelling production and sweet melodies, but the most important (and sometimes most underrated) factor is the lyrics. If an artist can tell a ...

LOS ANGELES — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series "Tarzan," died at age 86. Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press ...