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 ...

Legendary British band Cymande have released their new single “How We Roll,” featuring British DJ and music producer Jazzie B (Soul II Soul). This is the third single from their highly anticipated new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cymande is a band made for our current moment — as they’ve been for 50 years. Decade after decade, new listeners wake up to the ...

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 new documentary 'Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande' tells the story of the British band that quietly influenced much of today's popular music. By Eric Renner Brown Many people who know Cymande ...

British funk legends Cymande have announced new album Renascence which will be out January 31 via BMG. It will be their first album since 2015’s A Simple Act of Faith (which was their first album ...

February 21, 2025 Zombies, vampires, the Phoenix bird—few bands use these as role models in formulating a career path. Actually, Cymande did not consciously decide to follow in their footsteps, but ...

(L-R) Director Tim Mackenzie-Smith, Cymande bassist Steve Scipio, guitarist Patrick Patterson. CREDIT: Sarah Bemand British funk group Cymande, who stopped performing in 1974 but reunited nearly four ...

You might not have heard their name but you've probably heard their music. London band Cymande's unique blend of funk, jazz, soul and reggae didn't garner widespread success in the 70s and the band ...

Even if you think you’ve never heard Cymande’s music, you almost certainly have. Maybe it was as key samples in De La Soul’s “Change in Speak” or the title track to the Fugees’ album “The Score.” ...

"Getting It Back" is too focused on the legacy of Cymande to actually tell the band's story. The official story on Cymande (a Calypso word, pronounced sih-MAHN-day) is pretty brief. They formed amid ...