Early on in "The Makings of Curtis Mayfield," H.E.R., the 27-year-old R&B pop star who directed the film and appears in it as ...

Cymande (pronounced sih-mahn-day; a creole word for dove) are one of the earliest British funk bands, formed more than 50 years ago. They’ve had a roller-coaster of a career. In 1972 ...