From blues and funk to gospel and reggae, you’re bound to find a concert that fits the bill on area stages this weekend. In addition to an assortment of free shows including the Dayton Funk Festival ...

Funk Flex didn’t just host—he owned the stage. From lively interactions with the crowd to DJing between sets, his presence kept the energy booming throughout the night. A true showman, he created ...

As an improvisational funk and reggae band, Kluster Phunk is uniquely equipped to roll with changes. Even as the band auditions new drummers, it keeps the music going; jam bands never stop the party.

The founder of the Chicago-based band Funkadesi says audiences sometimes don’t know quite what to make of the ensemble that weaves together Indian music, reggae, funk and Afro-Caribbean sounds. “It ...

Who: Mountain Standard Time (headliner) and Missed the Boat (opener) When: TonightWhere: Warren Station Center for the Arts, KeystoneMountain Standard Time’s music: Anything but traditional.Follows ...

The past several years has been a period of intense evolution for reggae-funk outfit Luv Locz Experiment, celebrating the release of “Strange Fruit” at PNC Arts Annex in Dayton on Friday, April 28.

If that doesn’t seem like a logical pairing to you, you’re hardly to be blamed, but since the mid-1960s musicians from Jamaica and other West Indian nations carved out a scene for themselves in ...

The Funk ‘N’ Reggae Music Festival was originally envisioned as a block party in Eureka, but as the anticipated crowd size grew, organizers decided to move the venue to Blue Lake. Almost 300 people — ...

An international mix of dance music will be heard this weekend at Kathy's Pub, with concerts by Hooch, a rockin' reggae band, on Friday and by Down With Gravity, a funk band out of Minneapolis, on ...

Mix reggae with funk music; add a dash of the film Drumline, and you have the basic recipe for the Boynton Beach-based band The People Upstairs (thepeopleupstairs.com). The quintet of ...