Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRETNA, La. (WGNO) — The 31st annual Gretna Fest is this upcoming weekend. Performers like Sam Hunt, Collective Soul, Trombone ...

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 ...

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.

Musician George Clinton arrives at the 1st Annual Black Music Action Coalition’s Music in Action Awards held at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood on September 23, 2021 in West Hollywood. (Photo by Xavier ...

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, ...

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.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center (also known as the Funk ...

Like seemingly every American city of any significant size, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul had a thriving soul and funk scene in the 1960s and ’70s. In their case it would be P.P.: ...