The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Full Force is one of those rare musical collectives that managed to balance the art of producing hits for others with the ability to craft their own catalog of memorable tracks.

"Funk is . . . 15 brothers in a room with no air conditioning. Now the rest of the world is starting to like that smell." _ William "Bootsy" Collins, from a 1994 Times story. In this age of constant ...

The early 1970s are a bit of an underrated era of music, in my opinion. Not only was rock music going through an important transformation, but a ton of solid funk and soul music was coming out around ...

If 2020 were a mixtape, it would be a little bit... well, chaotic. But eclecticism is a virtue, and considering how tumultuous the last nine months have been, hopping around between disparate genres, ...

They call themselves the Philadelphia Funk Authority, but don’t let the name fool you. The band’s repertoire is an encyclopedic 2,500 songs, including recent hits by Bruno Mars, Daft Punk and Maroon 5 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Forget that whole bit about time being linear. Don Brewer knows otherwise. Years ago – more than 40 or so – he, Mark Farner and Mel Schacher hung out on Euclid Avenue, in the ...