The Ohio Players as pictured in their 1970s heyday. CONTRIBUTED / FILE The Ohio Players as pictured in their 1970s heyday. CONTRIBUTED / FILE “We Want The Funk!,” a journey through the history of funk ...
If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...
It's all about the funky vibes as organizers of the NOLA Funk Fest revealed the music lineup for 2026. NOLA Funk Fest runs ...
Funk legend George Clinton isn't slowing down anytime soon. At 84, the pioneering force behind Parliament-Funkadelic is still ...
Fifty years of hip-hop were celebrated Friday as the 2023 Funk Fest returned for a fifth year to downtown Louisville. The first act of the night, Big Daddy Kane, had just taken the stage as music ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the ...
Ready to get funky? The 2024 Funk Fest Tour rolls back to Louisville this June following a two-day stint in Orlando, Florida. As part of June's Black Music Month and the weekend of Juneteenth ...
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 ...
There was no shortage of groundbreaking funk and soul classics in the 1970s. But in 1977, several tracks reflected dance music’s ongoing evolution. Using a combination of old and new production ...
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 ...
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.