A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that ...

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, ...

"The title was this moment of grace that was beamed down to me, and then it was the thing that synthesized everything." ...

P BS’s Independent Lens series tackles the history and cultural impact of funk music in its latest 90-minute documentary, We ...

Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a fun, interesting, entertaining ride through the genre.

Soft rock, soul, R&B, disco, funk and hard rock all hit the No. 1 ... In the early part of the '70s, music was heavily laced with the symbolic representation of U.S. politics and the Vietnam ...

The 1960s was a melting pot of musical innovation, with multiple genres forming, growing and progressing simultaneously in often completely different directions. Funk music started to emerge in ...

Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ‘70s golden age when songs from groups like the Ohio Players and Parliament pumped from speakers in dorm rooms, high school dances and “blue ligh ...