These funk and soul classics from 1977 helped connect dance music’s past to its future and reflect the genre's impressive range.

William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr., whose bass playing helped define the revolutionary funk sound of Parliament-Funkadelic, died Saturday, Parade reports. He was 75, passing away days after his birthday ...

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

The Detroit Opera House became funk party central Saturday as George Clinton and special guests led a night of P-Funk hits with a 44-piece orchestra.

The power trio era’s little engine that could, Grand Funk Railroad, had been defying odds stacked against them since day one, perplexing highbrow critics and thrilling concert audiences with their ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. National Get Funky Day will be observed for the very first time on Thursday, Oct. 5 ...

Sources with direct knowledge of the situation told TMZ that the legendary radio DJ will be moving up to the 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. after the Labor Day holiday. As previously noted, his final shift at the ...

Grand Funk Railroad began 1972 as one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most successful bands. But by March, the popular power trio found itself stuck in a legal quagmire. Guitarist and singer Mark Farner, drummer ...

The new show “Funk You Too! Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture,” at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), articulates the links between groups of artists working in a once-neglected, now ...