Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra combines both disco and Brazilian influences. So, count me in.

In typical fashion, the follow up to 2014’s somber ‘Morning Phase’ is perhaps Beck’s most upbeat and funky album to date.

‘Over the Covers’ showcases the Brownout I always love with a new sense of urgency and maturity.

‘Super Freak: The Life of Rick James’ offers a glimpse at the human being and musical legacy underneath all the coked-out madness.

Preston Frazier surveys the best rock, pop and soul of 2016, selecting a widely varied slate of honorees.

Alphonse Mouzon was a seminal force in the birth of fusion, and also had a notable impact on rock.

By now, you think you know what happened at Kanye West’s Nov. 17, 2016 concert at San Jose, California. You probably do not.

Rod Temperton has died at age 66, after rising to early fame as a songwriter for Heatwave.

Some lesser-known Prince songs – including deep cuts, b-sides and sometimes-overlooked singles – give us new perspective on his vast talents.

Prince always found a way to transcend his own legendary eccentricities. And this music, more than all of that, is what will remain.