Michael Cooper received a call from his daughter on Valentine’s Day last year telling the co-founder of the R&B band Con Funk Shun to check out a video she had sent him. “I clicked on the link and the ...

BACK TO YOU, AARON, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, THE BAND FROM VALLEJO THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL R&B FUNK HITS IS BACK WITH MUSIC JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER. AND WE’RE GETTING TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR NEWEST ...

"Soul Train" ended in 2006 after a 35-season run and since then, there have been no revivals of it or any other musical variety show of its kind. Lakeside and Con Funk Shun's concert proved that the ...

TUCKER, Ga. — Londzell’s Performing Arts Theater is set to open in Tucker, with its inaugural show on New Year’s Eve ...

Felton Pilate and Michael Cooper of Con Funk Shun have a new accomplishment to add to their glowing resumes. The musicians have received honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from the Christian Bible ...

The Early Years Con Funk Shun was formed in Vallejo, California by high-school classmates Louis A. McCall and Michael V. Cooper. With Louis on drums and percussion and Michael providing lead vocals ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALEXANDRIA, La. (WNTZ) — The soulful rhythms ...

With most of us still a bit hungover from yesterday’s Super Bowl festivities, it’s understandable that there hasn’t been that much Valentine’s Day celebration. After all, who’d want their brand-new, ...

LANGSTON, Okla. — Langston University is turning up the volume on Black excellence. For its 20th Annual President’s Scholarship Gala, Oklahoma’s only historically Black college has secured an R&B-funk ...

When the pandemic unplugged every band in the land, Danny Thomas became a keyboardist without a gig, a musician without an audience, an entertainer without anyone to entertain. Sure, he could moan and ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (WNTZ) — The soulful rhythms of the 1970s are set to echo through downtown Alexandria as legendary R&B and funk band Con Funk Shun takes the stage at RiverFête on Friday, May 2, from 8 ...