NOLA Funk Fest presents special local music collaborations, including Master P backed by the Soul Rebels, Galactic joined by ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

While Shaft and Super Fly usually get the credit for being game-changing Blaxploitation smashes—films made by Black ...

National Get Funky Day will be observed for the very first time on Thursday, Oct. 5, according to the National Day Calendar. Funk music as we know it today first emerged in the 1960s with acts such as ...

It’s a huge week for live music in New Orleans, with shows at the Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center, a funk festival ...

Big Sam’s Funky Nation will perform Saturday, Sept. 30. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Jazz'SAlive Big Sam’s Funky Nation is bringing its raucous, brass-fueled funk to San Antonio as a headliner for the ...

“Superstition” by Wonder is one of the greatest funk songs ever. Released in 1972, it has an unforgettable groove, catchy rhythm, and energetic vibe. The funky clavinet riff is instantly recognizable.

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 ...

It’s one of a handful of intro guitar riffs that makes people hoot and holler and shake it on down to the dance floor. Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” has all the essential musical ingredients ...

Arlester "Dyke" Christian and his bandmates were packing the dance floor at one of their regular stomping grounds in Phoenix, the Elks Club on Seventh Avenue, when a man approached to ask whose song ...

One of Los Angeles’ most celebrated dance nights is cutting the music short in Echo Park on Saturday after 14 years of funk, soul and sweat. Organizers of the Echo’s monthly all-vinyl ‘60s soul bash ...