Back in New Orleans, where ‘The Mothership’ first descended, Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic will mark a milestone for music and Afrofuturism.

The evolution and influence of funk music and Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with Satori Shakoor, who was a member of the Brides of ...

Lettuce has been bridging musical worlds since the group’s original members met in 1992, when they attended a summer program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. “Let us play!” was their early ...

Parliament’s “Mothership Connection,” released 50 years ago this month, was a rococo musical milestone that bridged funk’s hammering, rhythmic pulse and the emerging hip-hop movement in New York and ...

Independent Lens presents “We Want the Funk!,” which will air 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. It didn’t take long for ...

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, ...

Corey Schwartz documents the band’s journey — from humble beginnings in Charleston to sharing their funky music all over the country Credit: Provided The spirited sounds and stories of Charleston’s ...

Stanley Nelson and Nicole London explain the soundtrack of freedom. We Want The Funk!, a documentary exploring the Funk genre that defined the 1970s, is now airing on PBS. Set against the backdrop of ...