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 ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival when, as he was out on the dance floor, the topic of his next film came up. “We ...

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, ...

Funk Fest returns to Louisville's Waterfront Park this month from June 21-22. The annual hip hop and R&B festival will feature Jeezy, Boosie, Charlie Wilson, Scarface, Too Short, Marsha Ambrosius, ...

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 ...

University of Dayton alumna Claire O’Brien ’24 was in a ride-share with friends in Chicago during her junior year when the driver asked where they were from. “When we said Dayton, he said: ‘Dayton, ...

Funkadelic's ‘Chocolate City,’ ‘Let's Take It to the Stage,’ and ‘Mothership Connection’ — a trio of albums that transformed music and politics in 1975.

Dayton’s legendary funk roots will soon be celebrated, revived and reimagined by the next generation of this city’s talent. From Dayton with Funk, a multimedia event hosted at the Brightside on Sept.

Jamiroquai blended 70s soul, funk, and Stevie Wonder’s influence to pioneer 90s acid jazz and reshape the sound of modern ...

The outspoken popstar has dominated Brazil and Latin America for more than a decade. Now, with her new album “Funk Generation,” she brings Brazil to you. ON THE SET of her TODAY photoshoot at a ...