Chronicling the history and influence of funk music, PBS Distribution's We Want The Funk! features legendary artists and rare ...

I t’s impossible to overstate Bootsy Collins’ influence. Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins ...

Music is a multi-layered thing, with multiple types for multiple people. Rap, pop, R&B, rock and country. You name it, it’s ...

Bootsy Collins – one of the greatest bass players of all time – has a new record out soon, the modestly-titled Album Of The ...

As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, rhythmically driven aesthetic that has influenced world music from reggae to Afrobeat. Much of popular music since the 1960s ...

Pioneered by artists like James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, and George Clinton, funk stripped music down to its rhythmic core, emphasizing tight drum patterns, prominent bass, and call-and ...

The track, released today through HIGH IQ/EMPIRE, bridges the gap between classic funk and modern rap, highlighting Brown’s enduring impact on hip-hop culture. James Brown’s rhythmic ...

The Ohio Players is one of many funk groups from Dayton that took off in the 1970s and '80s. In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. Instead of turning elaborate ...