June 22, 2024 marked the return of the Stone Soul Music and Food Festival in Richmond, Virginia, following a five-year hiatus of the venerable event. Soul, funk, and R&B are the heartbeat of America.

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(ThyBlackMan.com) Sly Stone didn’t just create music—he built a whole universe out of rhythm, rebellion, and radical honesty. His songs shook up the airwaves, fused genres, and broke every rule while ...

We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...

Salt N Pepa play the Ford stage during Sunfest in downtown West Palm Beach on April 30, 2016. (Richard Graulich / The Palm Beach Post) Dayton is considered the Land of Funk. Here is why. Video by ...

“We Want the Funk” starts just as a documentary about funk music should – with musician Marcus Miller slapping that bass. Miller’s bass solo sets the tone for the rest of “We Want the Funk,” which is ...

Bowling Green State University celebrates an American original musical genre with the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference April 25-26, 2025. A two-day event packed with guest speakers and a ...

George Clinton, the pioneer of funk, was honored with a proclamation at the inaugural P-Funk Festival in Tallahassee.

Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

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 ...