Real Music

If singing had a name, it would be Chaka Khan. If some of the most breathtaking Soul music of all time had a name, it would be Chaka Khan. By the way: The name of the singer of singers who is celebrating her birthday today is Chaka Khan.

Funk equals Kool & the Gang, and vice versa. They co-invented Funk, they have been delivering it for more than half a century and they are almost as active…

One of the most brilliant and recognizable Jazz, Soul and Pop vocalists of all time, Al Jarreau, would have turned 82 on March 12th, 2022, had he not died five…

There are different ways of dealing with the Corona crisis. Some of us became 'Netflix experts'. Others gained weight or read a million books. Or both. And there are contemporaries who recorded the most beautiful Soul and Blues ballads ever, or the most uplifting Funk tunes on Earth.

Raul Midón developed a unique way of composing and playing his instrument. He basically created his own genre. There is only one Raul Midón. And he is coming to…

Mother's Finest are the prototype of a Funk-Rock band. In fact, they invented the genre in the early 1970-s. Soon, they will be funking up Austria, Germany and…

Real music is alive. While many of its big masters died in the past years, their heirs are taking over. One of them is Jacob Collier. He is getting ready for a major European tour which includes a city known as Berlin.

All over the world, people go for the 'Made in Germany' label when they purchase motorized vehicles, tanks, rifles, ice cream, bread, washing powder, cuckoo…

Making an amazing new album and promoting it in the middle of the Corona pandemic is a challenge. The Dutch Soul and Funk act Tristan is doing it anyway. "What…

Sérgio Santos Mendes is the man who brought Bossa Nova, Samba and Musica Popular Brasileira to the world. But this is only the simple version of a story that started exactly 80 years ago.