Maybe all we really need to know about the evolution of funk music in the 1970s comes in the form of an outfit from Dayton, ...

Funk reached the height of its commercial appeal in the 1970s with huge hit songs from Chaka Khan, Kool & The Gang, The Commodores, Chic, and Stevie Wonder to name a few. In this decade ...

People think of Prince and they think ‘vocalist, songwriter, guitarist,’” he says, but, “his bass playing: bar none.” Turning ...

We played the usual songs, “Johnny B. Goode,” “Gimme Three Steps,” “Margaritaville,” etc. Then we started in on that old ...

Farley Jackmaster Funk released a string of songs on the highly influential Trax label, which paved the way for acid house and techno during the latter half of the 1980s. He broke into the ...

He writes songs in many genres beyond funk—including blues, rock ‘n’ roll, and pop—and hopes to pursue future projects like producing a gospel album, and working with Ojibwe drumming to p ...

So his bass playing on 777-9311… that to me is one of the most daring funk songs of all time.” That daring, explains Questlove, is derived from Prince’s decision to break funk’s establishe ...