Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ELKHART — This year's Leroy Robinson Southern Soul & Soul Music Festival at The Lerner Theatre, Aug. 10-17, features two iconic ...

Football and funk will go hand in hand this September, as the Southern Heritage Classic organization has announced its Classic Funk Fest. The concert event, set for Sept. 9 at the Landers Center in ...

After 47 years as lead vocalist of the iconic funk, soul and R&B group, “The Bar-Kays,” is Larry Dodson really retiring? “It’s true,” said Dodson, in an exclusive interview with EURweb.com. “Everybody ...

HOSTING A RECORDING SESSION FOR A FOUNDING MEMBER OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL R&B AND FUNK BANDS IN AMERICAN MUSIC HISTORY. >> YES. SO JAMES ALEXANDER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE LEGENDARY BAR-KAYS, IS ...

When Larry Dodson got a phone call inviting him to join The Bar-Kays, he hesitated. For one thing, he told The Daily Times this week, he had a decent gig with Memphis doo-wop outfit The Temprees. For ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A little Memphis funk made its way to Northwest Arkansas this week, and it’s all in the name of innovation. James Alexander, bassist for the legendary Bar-Kays and a Memphis Music ...

Close out the year with a hearty serving of classic funk at Billboard Live, where Memphis legends The Bar-Kays will be playing two consecutive gigs on the evening of December 31. Led by bassist and ...

SATURDAY 2/18. East Arkansas Community College, Forrest City. 7:30 p.m. $44. In 1967, things were going swimmingly for the Bar-Kays. While they were still finishing high school, their first single, ...

Larry Dodson, Sr., The Bar-Kays' lead singer, will retire at the end of the year after 47 years as the lead singer of the internationally renowned funk and R&B band. "It has been a blastand I am ...