For over 55 years, Tower of Power has delivered the best in funk and soul music.“We were a Soul band called The Motowns.” recalls Emilio Castillo. “Rocco was the bass player, I was in there, and my ...

Tower of Power hasn’t done absolutely everything a band can do in 53 years, but it’s come close. Since debuting in 1968 in Oakland, the brassy soul, funk and R&B band has released 29 albums — ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A Capitol Corridor train hit two musicians just before 8 p.m. on Embarcadero West and Washington Street in Oakland's Jack London Square, right next to Oakland music venue, Yoshi's.

The McAninch Arts Center is hosting the exclusive Chicago area engagement of Tower of Power, one of the most popular R&B, funk and soul bands, on Sunday, Oct. 1. Continuously performing since the band ...

Tower of Power founder Emilio Castillo learned his dad was right. The Detroit native started a band called The Motowns in 1967. By this time, Castillo was a young man living with his father near ...

Tower of Power’s four mainstay members, from left, drummer David Garibaldi, bass guitarist Francis Rocco Prestia, baritone saxophonist Stephen “Doc” Kupka and tenor saxophonist/group leader Emilio ...

Sax player Emilio Castillo and Tower of Power will perform March 16 at Brown County Music Center. Emilio Castillo first had to laugh at the question: Did he ever dream he might still be touring and ...

The Paramount Theater will host Tower of Power performing live on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. For more than 50 years, Tower of Power has delivered the best in funk and soul music. “We were a Soul ...

Now in its 20th year, the Scranton Jazz Festival will celebrate a milestone in its history with three days of live jazz, blues and world beat music, August 1 to 3 in downtown Scranton. Pennsylvania’s ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two musicians with the band Tower of Power remain hospitalized after being hit last week by an Amtrak train in Oakland. The ...

It was early when San Antonio Christian School musicians kicked off the beat at the band hall. The students, clad in school uniforms, played their instruments with intensity as they eyed charts on ...