9:45 p.m.: Nate Harasim and Darren Rahn. Canadian-born producer/smooth jazz saxman Rahn has been charting on Billboard's jazz charts since 2008. His latest, "Speechless" peaked at #29 in April, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1980, Zapp released "More Bounce to the Ounce," and the tune changed the game for funk music. The song became a commercial ...

Lester Troutman Sr. says a dream happened. “Some brothers got together from Hamilton, Ohio and started talking about the dream that they had, and they started chasing their dream,” the drummer and ...

One of the biggest bands to emerge from Dayton is releasing a new CD and celebrating it here on stage. Zapp will celebrate the release of its latest album, "Zapp VII: Roger & Friends," from 7 p.m. to ...

It’s not often that one group of people can lay claim to influencing the rise of two separate genres of popular music. But that is exactly the case with Zapp, whose eponymous 1980 release was ...

DAYTON — Dayton isn’t only the birthplace of aviation, but is also widely known as the world’s funk music capitol. Dayton is well connected to all the funk groups of the ‘70s and ‘90s. Music group ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Commons was home to the second annual 614-Funk Fest tonight. The event highlights the funk music genre, including one group who performed who are native to Ohio ...

The suit claims substantial parts of Ronson's hit were copied from Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce." By Gil Kaufman, Billboard Mark Ronson is facing another lawsuit over his smash hit “Uptown Funk,” ...

There’s a new Ohio Historic marker on Salem Avenue in Dayton—at the spot where a lot of funk music came to life inside Troutman Sound Labs. Troutman Sound Labs was built in the early 80s, when a ...

Zapp, known for timeless 1980’s funk hits like “More Bounce To The Ounce,” “So Ruff So Tuff,” and “Computer Love” that have been sampled on numerous hip-hop and R&B songs for decades, is ready to ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WKRC) - A local music legend is being honored on the street where he was raised. The city of Hamilton unveiled their new street sign on the street formerly called Washington Street.

"Blurred Lines" 2.0? Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars may have thought they dodged a blurry licensing bullet by listing The Gap Band as writers on their 11-times platinum, literally billions-streamed hit ...