Local DJ and producer Brad Loving uses his Web site Bird and Whale as a clearinghouse for his own music and for mixes by friends and acquaintances he admires; thankfully, he has pretty good taste.

To describe Frank Gossner, AKA Voodoo Funk, as just a DJ would be like calling Indiana Jones just an archaeologist. But Gossner, who hails from the southwest of Germany, is so much more. He began ...

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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo from Cotonou were one of the hottest funk bands in Seventies Africa. Finally, Britain is discovering their magic sound. Who got the funk? Now with many of the original band ...

Also known as Franc O, Brooklynite Frank Gossner is one of the world's foremost collectors of rare ’70s- and ’80s-era Afrobeat, Nigerian disco, Ghana highlife and the like. His passion for the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) — VooDoo Funk is an American Funk Band based out of Northeast Ohio on a mission to spread FUNK all over the world! The band’s unique sound comes from a combination of flavors ...

Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne grew up with some of the best influences on the music scene: north Louisiana blues during his formative years, New Orleans street music when he visited his grandparents ...

Three cult albums, culled from a repertory of over 500 songs, primed an expectant audience. Having the tag “voodoo funk” attached doesn’t do any harm to the band’s mystique either and, for once, it is ...