Sly Stone, the frontman of the revolutionary band Sly and the Family Stone, has died following several health issues. He was 82. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our ...

Cold martini on the table? Check. Bacon-and-egg burger on its way, cooked medium, with fries? Check. Band warmed-up and ready to roll? Check. Everyone in the mood for some solid-rocking funk, and ...

Global music star Chaka Khan chatted about her forthcoming induction into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and her illustrious career in the music industry. Chaka Khan. Photo Credit: ...

Bowling Green State University celebrates an American original musical genre with the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference April 25-26, 2025. A two-day event packed with guest speakers and a ...

For die-hard funk and soul fans, your Bay Area show of shows will arrive in festival form in September — if you’re ready to add some dips in your hips and put some pep in your step along the Vallejo ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

Funk master and innovator Sly Stone, whose music drove a civil rights-inflected soul explosion in the 1960s, has died, his family said Monday. He was 82.

When Pamela Ayo Yetunde became a new professor of pastoral and spiritual care and counseling at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, she saw an opportunity to explore the religious ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival when, as he was out on the dance floor, the topic of his next film came up. “We ...