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 ...

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 ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Zapp Band, a funk group with a unique ...

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 ...

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 ...

From 1983 until the tragic deaths of Roger and Larry Troutman in 1999, Troutman Sound Labs was the home base for Dayton-based funk group Zapp. The recording studio at Salem Avenue and Catalpa Drive ...

Who’s got the funk? Virginia Beach. The 2025 Funk Fest Beach Party is set to deliver six funky musical acts headlined by bands Shalamar and Zapp on Aug. 22 and 23 Shalamar became known for its catchy ...

The two brothers who remain with the Zapp Band have survived turmoil that tore through both their family and the group. Lester Troutman Sr. and his brother Terry, long-nicknamed Zapp, have kept the ...

Mark Ronson is being sued for allegedly ripping off Zapp and Roger Troutman’s 1980 track “More Bounce To The Ounce” on his Bruno Mars super-hit “Uptown Funk,” according to TMZ. Lastrada Entertainment, ...

“Uptown Funk” is the subject of a new copyright infringement lawsuit. Mark Ronson has been accused of copying Zapp’s 1980 classic “More Bounce to the Ounce” without permission. The complaint was ...

"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 ...