Why has funk music endured for more than 60 years? Though not scientifically proven, the deep grooves that are the genre's backbone have an irresistibly dance-able quality that can be found in ...

For those of a certain age, the words “funk music” bring to mind some of the great acts of the 20th century’s second half. James Brown. Sly and the Family Stone. Ohio Players. The Isley Brothers.

Unlike many such rock-centric events, the Battle of the Bands at The Brightside had an eclectic mix of local talent performing over a series of weeks in January and February. Bluegrass group Stringus ...

The organizers of Olympia’s new music festival have a message: “Funk OFF.” The musicians and music lovers at the helm aren’t being rude: “OFF” stands for Olympia Funk Festival, and the people who put ...

Another legendary Dayton funk band has joined the lineup for a tornado relief concert at Rose Music Center later this month. Faze-O, featuring Grammy Award winner Keith Harrison, will open the ...

As C’est Funk, João Gomes digs into a range of groove-based music styles from around the world for his DJ sets, from funk and disco from his native Brazil to cumbia and afrodisko. His semi-regular ...

SAN DIEGO – Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and proto-rap group the Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Emblazoned across the wall adjacent to the stage were trippy colors flowing back and forth between audience and performer. On the docket for the night were California-based funk bands Atta Kid and ...

In the 1970s, Grand Funk Railroad was one of the bestselling American rock bands on the planet. To that, in 1971, the Flint, ...