Rodney Brown, drummer on 1967’s “Funky Broadway,” a Dyke & the Blazers classic and one of the first hit songs to use a ...

Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes took to social media to pay tribute to the groundbreaking musical legacy of the late Sly ...

Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...

Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.

The arrest of a popular funk singer in Brazil on suspicion of glorifying a powerful crime gang has revived a long-standing ...

Sex Machine” by James Brown is a groundbreaking funk anthem. Released in 1970, this song defines the genre. The funky bassline and tight drumbeat set the stage for Brown’s commanding vocals.

The film traces the birth of funk music to one person: James Brown. The Godfather of Soul, who once said, “I’ve only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk,” pioneered ...

The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond. WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African ...

“Fight the Power” taps a number of funk samples, including the drums from James Brown’s “Funky Drummer,” and the vocals from The Isley Brothers’ upbeat “Fight the Power.” (As a ...

Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins has made sturdy, buoyant bass lines, which stretch out all over the place before returning to the one, the bedrock of funk.

It’s a funky, rhythmic delight that definitely deserved to be a Grammy-winning hit. 4. “I Got You (I Feel Good)” This would not be a list of essential James Brown songs without mentioning ...

His precise, catchy brass riffs and solo performances were core elements on songs by some of funk’s most prominent architects, from James Brown to Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader George Clinton.