BACK TO YOU, AARON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THE BAND FROM VALLEJO THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL R&B FUNK HITS IS BACK WITH MUSIC JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER. AND WE’RE GETTING TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR NEWEST ...

Michael Cooper received a call from his daughter on Valentine’s Day last year telling the co-founder of the R&B band Con Funk Shun to check out a video she had sent him. “I clicked on the link and the ...

With most of us still a bit hungover from yesterday’s Super Bowl festivities, it’s understandable that there hasn’t been that much Valentine’s Day celebration. After all, who’d want their brand-new, ...

"Soul Train" ended in 2006 after a 35-season run and since then, there have been no revivals of it or any other musical variety show of its kind. Lakeside and Con Funk Shun's concert proved that the ...

Con Funk Shun was formed by high-school classmates Michael Cooper and Louis "Tony" McCall, along with Karl Fuller, Paul "Maceo" Harrell, Dennis Johnson, Cedric Martin, and Danny "Sweet Man" Thomas.

*So fresh was the sound of Con Funk Shun just the name has become a genre. The band whose music has been covered by R&B group Dru Hill (“Love’s Train” produced by Keith Sweat) on their multi-platinum ...

Covers have existed since the creation of modern music, sometimes with the secondary artist achieving the same acclaim as the one who performed the original. Whether done for sheer attention, as many ...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The 2022 Warner Robins Independence Day Celebration is just weeks away and Mayor LaRhonda Patrick announced musical acts Friday! This year is a bit different from previous years ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (WNTZ) — The soulful rhythms of the 1970s are set to echo through downtown Alexandria as legendary R&B and funk band Con Funk Shun takes the stage at RiverFête on Friday, May 2, from 8 ...

When the pandemic unplugged every band in the land, Danny Thomas became a keyboardist without a gig, a musician without an audience, an entertainer without anyone to entertain. Sure, he could moan and ...