This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

Funk music was transforming rapidly in the 1970s, and by 1976, many hits already felt timeless because they sounded like the ...

I decided to try some funky breaky stuff again! Something about spring brings out the funk in me. I'm starting to feel like I have better control over synthetic real instruments now beyond orchestral ...

We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...

Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

With George Clinton announcing his retirement, Big Sam’s Funky Nation is ready to fill up the void for those who need to free their mind so their ass will follow. The New Orleans-based act, led by Big ...

“God took his foot and stepped in the Miami Valley. The sweat off of God's feet ran into the water and that's what makes ...

New York, NY - It has been almost 20 years since New York City boogied to the sounds of funk music legends The Funky Knights. Imagine a mixture of Barry White, John Lee Hooker and Sam Kinison and you ...