Stereogum — George “Funky” Brown, founding drummer of the great funk and R&B band Kool & The Gang, has died. The Guardian reports that Brown died of lung cancer yesterday in Los Angeles. Brown was 74. more info

New York Post — The band's founding member reportedly died from lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles Thursday. more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Wake Up" music video by Lee Fields & The ExpressionsAdded: 08-07-2019Genre : R'n'B, Soul, FunkDescription : Lee Fields & The Expressions - Wake UpTaken from Lee Fields & The Expressions album "It Rains Love" on Big Crown Records.Order the LP and CD ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wand, King Gizzard, Shopping/Priests, Magnetic Fields, Kool and the Gang, Eartheater, Jayhawks, Kurt Vile, highlight Saturday's show options. Continue reading… more info

Sweeping The Nation — Clearing up another pre-Year Zero year as we continue through four decades of pop, one which features a lot of big important albums and international starmaking turns. Ziggy retired, Led Zeppelin got their private plane, CBGBs opens, we lost Gram Par... more info

Core News — “This week we’re catching up with Kool from Kool & The Gang and we’ve got a 30 minute Wah Wah 45’s Trunk of Funk.” Check out other Craig Charles Funk & Soul shows here and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Craig Charles... more info

Uncut — Motown legends will appear at Blenheim Palace with support from Kool & The Gang Motown legends will appear at Blenheim Palace with support from Kool & The Gang The post The Jacksons mark 50th anniversary with UK concert appeared first on Uncut. more info

Core News — “‘As part of the BBC’s My Generation: 1970s season, the Craig Charles Funk and Show takes you back to a decade of psychedelic soul, disco and a time when music had no boundaries. Parliament-Funkadelic, James Brown, Kool and the Gang, Sly and th... more info

Soul Sides — Lafayette Afro-Rock Band: Raff (Makossa, 1974, Malik) Afro-rock album. Everyone cops this for “Darkest Light” and no doubt, awesome song. But this LP is no one-tracker and “Raff,” which opens the LP, throws you headfirst into the heady ... more info

Stereogum — If you’re prone to checking out AcclaimedMusic.net, you may have noticed that Kool & The Gang have but one song in the top 6000: 1980′s “Celebration,” nestled at #3383, between Fuck Buttons’ “Olympians” and Radiohead’s “Street Spiri... more info