“Two thousand miles I roam, just to make Madison my home.” —Clyde Stubblefield I never saw James Brown dance across the stage to Clyde Stubblefield’s funky beat, but I danced many times to that beat ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1976, the band Wild Cherry scored their first and only No. 1 hit with the song “Play That Funky Music.” The song, which ...

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 ...

30th August 2005 - A new form of freestyle is hitting the streets on 28th October 2005 when Dancing Stage: Mario Mix launches across Europe for Nintendo GameCube. Forget the Macarena and definitely ...

When George Clinton and his Parliament/Funkadelic crew sang “We want the funk, give up the funk!,” they were expressing a universal truth. Another word for funk is “the one,” the upbeat at the heart ...