Compiled by DJ and Soundway Records manager Alice Whittington, aka Norsicaa, Ayo Ke Disco is a snapshot of disco, funk and soul-inflected pop from the clubs of Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, ...

While some people are content to spend Sunday nights at home, a group of San Francisco DJs have made Sunday the night to hit the dance floor. The tight but amorphous crew behind Sweater Funk digs deep ...

Exactly one year ago, Mark Henrichs decided to dedicate himself full-time to Boogie Lights, his music project – and it paid off big time. “It’s been great!” the bubbly performer says. Henrichs always ...

Mark Henrichs isn’t your ordinary DJ. His high-energy sets as Boogie Lights find him bouncing around stage and jamming on a raised electric drum set while simultaneously spinning infectious dance ...

"That's the way I like it," sang KC and the Sunshine Band. And at the open-air Theatre in the Park at Herne near Herne Bay on Saturday the sell-out crowd liked it, too, as Uncle Funk and the Boogie ...

Sitting in a makeshift studio in the garage behind his Leimert Park, Calif., home, Dam-Funk says he doesn’t know who dubbed him “The Ambassador of Boogie Funk,” but he wants to be clear that he didn’t ...

This week’s 10 of the best focuses on our Tony Allen-inspired Gateways series, in collaboration with Boiler Room, to look at when disco took over west Africa With Nigeria being the most populous ...

In 1974, Kool and the Gang had a huge hit with the song “Jungle Boogie.” The song, from the band’s 1973 album Wild and Peaceful, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 9, 1974, and was on ...

There's one thing that Halloween and funk music will always have in common: the ability to bring out the freaks. From “Dr. Funkenstein” to “Thriller” and all the undeniable grooviness in between, few ...

DJs can be a cagey bunch, protective of their knowledge, reluctant to reveal favorite digging spots to even their closest friends or, in the case of Afrika Bambaataa, peeling center labels off in the ...