The 1970s was by far the highest profile era ever for funk music, and Kool and the Gang was at the genre’s forefront, with a nearly a dozen high-charting hits. But it was in the 1980s that Prince and ...

With a fun, hopping/bopping sound and party vibe, Funky Dawgz Brass Band brings its big-energy horns and percussion to Cafe Nine Monday, Jan. 8 in a Manic Presents show. With members who hail from ...

FRISCO – Upstairs at Jonny G’s is celebrating its first year in business Saturday. For the past year Jonny G’s has been a local’s favorite for watching sports, listening to live music and socializing.

With George Clinton announcing his retirement, Big Sam’s Funky Nation is ready to fill up the void for those who need to free their mind so their ass will follow. The New Orleans-based act, led by Big ...

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 CodeTalkers don't look like your everyday jam band. But don't let the dark suits they wear in concert fool you. The Atlanta-based trio doesn't take itself too seriously, despite the formal attire.

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...

Few groups at Boston Colleges drip with the kind of indelible, odorous passion that Funky Giant does. Channeling its passion for aural pleasure into the hearts and minds of its audience, Funky Giant ...

A hard-hitting, six-piece outfit, FUNKY-FUNK! is headed by star British trombonist Dennis Rollins, who received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018. They come to Norwich Playhouse on Saturday ...