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Funk music was a bold sound that perfectly encapsulated post-civil rights Black Pride. 'We Want The Funk!' tells the story of ...
Some of the best funk songs of all time sound just as fresh as they did when they came out decades ago, which is beyond rare.
With a new album arriving, why everyone from the biggest fans to Kamala Harris is calling for a brighter light on Bootzilla.
Langenu are a black metal band. On stage at Estonia’s Tallinn Music Week, they are fearsome. Blood-vessel-burstingly intense. Tempering their force with twists into progressive, psychedelic-adjacent ...
"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...
Here are three beloved, funky swamp rock bands that we all know and love paired with modern bands with a similar sound.
We Want the Funk!” shows how funk music fueled a pro-Black resistance in the face of racist repression — and may offer some lessons in fighting Trumpism.
This brisk 80-minute documentary is a wall-to-wall commemoration of a genre by the people who love it the most.
A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...
‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, ...
This Chicago blues vocalist is a longtime staple on the current blues scene, having played venues like Kingston Mines, Buddy ...
Dave Allen, the founding bassist of the highly influential British post-punk band Gang of Four and the funk-inflected group ...