These funk and soul classics from 1977 helped connect dance music’s past to its future and reflect the genre's impressive range.

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

Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

The Detroit Opera will showcase some of funk maestro George Clinton 's and P-Funk's greatest hits this weekend, performed by ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Clinton is a mastermind of funk, an architect of psychedelic grooves, and an innovator whose influence stretches far beyond his Parliament-Funkadelic legacy. Since the late ...

Charlotte has a rich history of funk music. Back in 1965, the "Grandmaster of Funk" himself Mr. James Brown recorded his single “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” right here in the Queen City. As one of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When people talk about the golden age of funk, certain names always come up: Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang. But tucked into that legendary company is 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, ...

The arrival of these two compilations of 1970s jazz/funk begs one simple question: what took RCA so long? The fact that the mini-revival known as acid jazz peaked about five years ago puts these ...