Originally ignored by fans in the U.K., the psychedelic funk band was later embraced by hip-hop groups like De La Soul and The Fugees. British funk band Cymande are finally getting their flowers When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the unexpected benefits of the streaming era documentary boom is that no musical subject is too niche for a feature-length ...

Lots of innovative bands are before their time, but few go on to shape popular music long after they break up. In the early 1970s, musicians from London’s Afro-Caribbean diaspora formed the group ...

From the crucible of diverse styles that stirred in the streets of London in the ‘70s, Cymande emerged as pioneers of a bold new sound. From their formation in 1971, the nine-piece funk outfit ...

The British group with Caribbean roots stopped performing in 1974. Its slow-rolling comeback is realized on Friday with a new album, “Renascence.” By Jim Farber In the late ’70s, when the star hip-hop ...

The first British band to command the stage at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater wasn't the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. It was Cymande. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CHASING AN EMPTY DREAM") CYMANDE: (Singing) ...

Cymande must be the most unappreciated London band of all time, and this is such an embarrassment I can hardly even type it. As told in last year’s excellent documentary, Getting It Back: The Story of ...