We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. This Saturday, The Southern Brewing Company hosted the first-ever Funk YOUtopia ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Although finding gigs was a struggle for the band at first, Funk You was patient in ...

Bowling Green State University celebrates an American original musical genre with the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference April 25-26, 2025. A two-day event packed with guest speakers and a ...

Lost Lake Lounge is about to overflow with funk. Wild Love Tigress will blow the club’s lid off with its signature classic funk on Saturday, January 18, when the Denver band takes the stage to ...

Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. In London’s Jazz Cafe, the sound of Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum’s song Alf Leila Wleila is reverberating around an atmosphere of anticipation.

George Clinton and P-Funk, with Danny Bedrosian, the group's keyboardist for 23 years, and its music director, will headline the festival.

The evolution and influence of funk music and Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with Satori Shakoor, who was a member of the Brides of ...

Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and proto-rap group The Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer ...

As funk music evolved in 1969, the genre continued its blend of R&B, soul, jazz, and blues. But instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic ...

Sly Stone, musicien révolutionnaire et showman dynamique est mort ce lundi 9 juin à 82 ans, a annoncé son attaché de presse. Avec son groupe Sly and the Family Stone, il a révolutionné la musique ...