I wrote recently about some of the most influential artists who brought together punk and funk in their music. It's still quite a thought-provoking and perhaps unexpected fusion of genres.

To avoid being trapped in a funk cul-de-sac, he’s branched out to compose music for film and TV. He’s also a prolific collaborator with jazz and pop artists. When asked if funk bands will ever ...

Six hours north, up Interstate 5, artists like Too Short, Spice 1, and Ant Banks minted their own brand of Bay Area funk called mobb music, which has similarities to g-funk, but often with a ...

DeMareon Gipson, published author and Berkeley Public Library employee, holds up a copy of Sly and the Family Stone’s ‘There’s A Riot Goin’ On’ album flanked by Berkeley Public Library’s large record ...

Stanley Nelson and Nicole London talk the roots of funk music and freedom. We Want The Funk! is now available on PBS.

It’s an homage to funk music and the unapologetic Blackness that birthed the genre — and also a celebration of the sense of community that the arts can breed when illiberal despots don’t ...

is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African ... and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. President Obama awarded him the National ...