The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

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 ...

Last month, the Brazilian artist Ludmilla made history: After powering through her hits during a breakout set at Coachella, she became the first Afro-Latina to perform at the music festival. She riled ...

The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond. WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...

With President Donald Trump waging war on the arts, via his control of the Kennedy Center and his ongoing attacks on museums nationwide, the power of artistic resistance has been on my mind. And a new ...

Sly Stone has died aged 82. The musician - who was best-known as the frontman for Sly and the Family Stone - "passed away peacefully" following a lengthy battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

An “Indie Lens Pop-Up,” presented by ITVS, Independent Lens and KEET PBS, will take place May 17 at 7 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St., Arcata. There will be a free screening of “We Want ...

The outspoken popstar has dominated Brazil and Latin America for more than a decade. Now, with her new album “Funk Generation,” she brings Brazil to you. ON THE SET of her TODAY photoshoot at a ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...