The thought of dancing to a funk song isn’t a radical idea. However, not all funk is the same. There are some tunes so funky they’ll even inspire the stiffest wallflowers to move. Head to the dance ...

This article was originally published in August 2005. In rendering his decision in a 1964 obscenity trial, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote: "I shall not today attempt to further define ...

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When we hear modern music echoing the 1970s, we often describe it as retro. But pulling classic sounds into a new era is easier when the music you borrow from is groundbreaking funk. Funk and soul ...

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, ...

Nate Dogg, the deep-voiced hip-hop crooner who sang hooks for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Eminem and was best known for "Regulate," his classic collaboration with Warren G, has died at 41. The artist, ...

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 ...

Good Friday brings good times when you kick off your Easter weekend with our night of Disco and Funk Classics Put on your dancing shoes and join us upstairs at The Tunnels in Frome, where Z84 Sounds ...

theGRIO REPORT - Funk music legend George Clinton has been forced to sell the copyrights to some of his classic funk songs in order to pay off legal debts, according to TMZ... Funk music legend George ...