New Orleans-born musician Ivan Neville was at the Parliament-Funkadelic show in 1976 when the Mothership first landed. He ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Organizers have announced the lineup for a free funk music festival slated to take place at the Oceanfront in late August. The 2026 Virginia Beach Funk Fest Beach Party will run ...

Trumpet blares, fading sounds of heartbeats and a ringing alarm clock. These aren’t sound effects for a movie — rather, for music projects created by fifth graders in Evanston/Skokie School District ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — People of Indianapolis, it’s time to get funky. The first-ever Indy Funk Music Day Fundraiser Showcase is this Saturday at The 808 at Indy CD & Vinyl. The event is led by Mr.

Not surprisingly, the weekend after Mardi Gras in New Orleans is relatively quiet. Tipitina’s, for instance, is dark. But you’ve still got some solid options for live music. FRIDAY, MAPLE LEAF BAR For ...

There was no shortage of groundbreaking funk and soul classics in the 1970s. But in 1977, several tracks reflected dance music’s ongoing evolution. Using a combination of old and new production ...

William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr., whose bass playing helped define the revolutionary funk sound of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Saturday, Parade reports. He was 75, passing away days after his birthday ...

George Clinton, widely hailed as the Godfather of Funk, isn’t resting on his laurels at 84. Instead, the outlandish octogenarian and his massive band of funkateers are still packing houses nationwide ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Farley "Jackmaster" Funk is a lifelong Chicagoan, known as the King of House Music. He's also an ardent Chicago Bears fan, and he has a new anthem for this season's Monsters of the ...