Baldwinsville, N.Y. — The Seneca Savings January Jazzfest will bring mainstays of New York’s music scene together with young talent at Mohegan Manor on Saturday, Jan. 25. The annual “fun ...

Seattle-based organist Delvon Lamarr has made an international name for himself with his instrumental trio that delivers an updated take on the classic sounds of ’60s soul jazz and ’70s funk ...

Funk, rock and soul maverick Sly Stone died at 82 on Monday (June 9). According to a statement from his family, the Rock and ...

The inventor of funk was James Brown ... and maybe toward the heavens, with one of his organ riffs, you can say without a ...

Other instruments in the auction include a 32-key Melodica used by Bootsy's Rubber Band and a Farfisa FAST 5 61-key organ used by Bernie Worrell ... life character and significant contributions to ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...

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 allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK!

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's ...

The sound of a holy organ rang out, and the camera zoomed in ... As the ’70s went on, Preston put out a handful of pop-funk singles that people still remember fondly, like “Will It Go Round ...