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The dynamic story of funk music, from early roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk to influences. We Want the Funk is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, ...

When ~Pourri founder and CEO Suzy Batiz conjured up the idea of a soundtracked campaign to promote the company’s non-toxic odor eliminators, she knew the song had to be funky, original, and a ...

Grand Funk Railroad took a power-trio cue Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience to become one of the loudest and heaviest groups on the planet. Over the decades since, the music of guitarist-singer ...

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The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite artists about the music that made them who they are today. This time around we're joined by ...

Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. In London’s Jazz Cafe, the sound of Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum’s song Alf Leila Wleila is reverberating around an atmosphere of anticipation.

Grand Funk Railroad’s Don Brewer was never too far from his familiar place behind the drums during a lengthy pandemic-related layoff. “I’ve been rehearsing for the whole time,” Brewer tells UCR.