The Detroit Opera House became funk party central Saturday as George Clinton and special guests led a night of P-Funk hits ...

“God took his foot and stepped in the Miami Valley. The sweat off of God's feet ran into the water and that's what makes ...

In a newly published book, CU Boulder Professor Reiland Rabaka delves into the culture and sound of music’s ‘best-kept secret’ Barely two months into the ‘70s, Funkadelic—led by George Clinton, ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Word of South Festival is a celebration of literature and music. The event is a blend of writers and musicians, and an exploration of the relationship between the two ...

Funk music was transforming rapidly in the 1970s, and by 1976, many hits already felt timeless because they sounded like the ...

Independent Lens presents “We Want the Funk!,” which will air 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. It didn’t take long for ...

On this episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Dr. Rickey Vincent, a music historian, author of Party Music and Funk: The Rhythm on the One, and host of History of Funk on KPFA. The ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival when, as he was out on the dance floor, the topic of his next film came up. “We ...

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 ...