Tag: Funk

• The Artists My Students Should Know

  A few weeks before school starts, I find myself thinking about music class. Not the usual things—repertoire, instrumentation, performances, projects, or what I want students to accomplish by the end of the year. Those things are always somewhere in the back of my mind. Lately, I have been thinking about something a little different: Which…

  Ed Castro

  August 21, 2026

  Music

  Anita Baker, Cannonball, Corinne Bailey Rae, Erykah Badu, Funk, fusion, George Benson, Grover Washington Jr., hip-hop, jazz, Maxwell, NY Times, Pop, R&B, Sade, soul, Sweetback, the Crusaders, the Yellowjackets, Weather Report, Wesley Morris

• Prince and 4 Square

  I’m Getting Old and We Lost An Icon This week I spent time stretching before going out to do recess duty with middle school kids. Why do you ask, well that’s simple I tried playing “four square” with my students. Anyhow, it’s clear I don’t move like I used to…I’ve been limping since Tuesday. Today…

  Ed Castro

  April 21, 2016

  Music, Thoughts

  American Popular Music, Classroom, education, Funk, Hip Hop, independent school, music education, musician, Musicology, performer, Pop, Prince, Teaching