George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

Symphonic PFunk: Celebrating the Music of Parliament - Funkadelic was staged Saturday night, Jan. 31 at the Detroit Opera House, in the city where Clinton recorded the bulk of his classic catalog ...

It was an era where musical genres and defiance merged into the distinct sound of a decade, not simply a genre. In the 90’s, culture was defined by musicians who produced a long-lasting tidal wave of ...

Music legends The Isley Brothers Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star When it comes to iconic American music groups, only […] ...

Singer-songwriter and violinist Brittney Parks uses the stage name Sudan Archives for her dynamic career as a musician, but the virtuoso violinist isn’t hiding behind a persona.

Will Puerto Rican reggaeton-music superstar Bad Bunny and K-pop finally rule at the Grammy Awards? Here is our preview of the ...

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Denver funk band Wild Love Tigress formed when the world was about to end…or so people thought. It was 2012, and many were grappling with how the Mayan Long Count calendar ended on December 21; in ...

For those of a certain age, the words “funk music” bring to mind some of the great acts of the 20th century’s second half. James Brown. Sly and the Family Stone. Ohio Players. The Isley Brothers.

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

Michael Beard, a drummer from Columbus, Ohio, passed away on August 25. He performed with the band from 1974 to 1985 on tracks like "Shake Your Rump to the Funk." After his time with the Bar-Kays, ...