Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The funk party of the year" kicked off by honoring George Clinton, the pioneer of funk and leader of Parliament Funkadelic. The P ...

The man known as the 'Godfather of Funk,' George Clinton, turns 85 on Wednesday, July 22. Few people have had a more profound impact on music and no one is a clearer symbol of the music that defined ...

Throughout the 1970s, the midwest would prove to be a hotbed for great funk music, with the state of Ohio alone delivering artists like Catfish and Bootsy Collins, the Dazz Band, Zapp and The Ohio ...

Watergate had shaken the nation. Gerald Ford was completing the third year of what would have been Richard Nixon’s second presidential term, had he not resigned in disgrace. The Vietnam War was ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, Professor of Television Studies at Rowan University. If funk began with James Brown, it was George Clinton who was responsible for many of the innovations in ...

The father of funk has been in court, trying to reclaim ownership of songs like "Atomic Dog." George Clinton Fights For His Right To Funk George Clinton Fights For His Right To Funk Funk pioneer ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - As the United States celebrates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, WCTV and its parent company, Gray Media, are taking a moment to celebrate our ...

“The funk party of the year” kicked off by honoring George Clinton, the pioneer of funk and leader of Parliament Funkadelic. The P-Funk Festival was the first of its kind and was held at Phipps Farm ...