Collaboration is nothing new for the Texas Gentlemen, but their latest project will surprise even the biggest fans of the Dallas collective. On “Breakthrough (D Town Hump),” the group joins funk ...

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

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 ...

KEYSTONE – Minturn-based Little Hercules is riding on the funk-rock edge, according to bass player and singer for the band, Cristian Basso.He said their music has a simple message of letting their ...

The cult funk ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials have released their exciting new single “Scream!" today (13th July 2022). “Scream!" is taken from the group’s hotly anticipated seventh studio album ...

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

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Sly Stone, the musician who formed hit-making group Sly and the Family Stone, has died, his family confirmed Monday. “After a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, Sly passed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- One of the key players in the 1990s revival of gritty, instrumental funk, the Sugarman 3 brings its eminently jazzy, danceable sound to the Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San ...

Three independent groups — including one that recently partnered with Wright State University — each want to create a funk museum in Dayton, a city dubbed “Land of Funk” for its contribution to the ...