Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist whose group Kool & the Gang became one of the most celebrated and musically eclectic funk bands in the 1970s and beyond, died Wednesday at his U.S. Virgin Islands home at the age of 68, a rep confirmed toRolling Stone. A c...
George "Funky" Brown, the long-time drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang, has died at the age of 74. The musician died on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to a statement released by Universal Music. He retired earlier this year after announcing he had been diagnosed with s...
SiriusXM is sad to report that Kool & the Gang co-founder, singer, and saxophonist Ronald “Khalis” Bell died in his U.S. Virgin Islands home on Wednesday, September 9, at the age of 68. SiriusXM’sVOLUME (Ch. 106)will be remembering the late musician by rebroadcasting a memorabl...
Robert “Kool” Bell, the band’s bassist and co-founder, remembers music impresario Dick Griffey offering an idea so simple, it sounds ludicrously obvious in retrospect. “He said, ‘I think you need a lead singer,’” Bell tells Rolling Stone. ...
In an interview with GRAMMY.com hip-hop pioneers DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell discuss the culture's origins in their apartment rec room and the myriad ways their Jamaican heritage influenced hip-hop.
“See You Again” pays tribute to one of the film’s stars, Paul Walker, who died in a car accident before the movie was completed. Khalifa and his backing band, Kush and Orange Juice, headlined Thrival Music at Carrie Furnace in 2017. The band is part of the larger Taylor Gang, ...
politics, social causes and mortality could be found within Crosby’s work, with the singer-songwriter often baring his own personal struggles for the world to see. Flawed, yet hopeful; unique, yet relatable, Crosby’s music – much like the man himself – connected with audiences everywhere....
Foreigner recently received their first nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and they've been working overtime to prove they're worthy of induction. The rockers recently received a campaign endorsement from a friend in a high place: Paul McCartney....
Daryl Hall's sixth solo album wasn't just co-produced by Dave Stewart. The Eurythmics legend also co-wrote seven of its nine new original songs, while Hall penned the other two more. D is due on June 21. The video for the album's first single and a complete track listing can be ...
Singer Sam Cooke was was shot and killed on December 11, 1964 by a hotel manager named Bertha Franklin. Police ruled his death a justifiable homicide because Frankin claimed Cooke had threatened her life after attempting to rape a young woman who had accompanied him to the motel. However, ma...