Funk music started to emerge in black American communities ... bass players soon became the prominent feature in funk. They used a mix of low and high-note rhythms, and a slap style of playing ...

Since the late 1960s, Clinton has continuously reshaped the boundaries of funk, soul, and even hip-hop, leaving a musical ...

Six hours north, up Interstate 5, artists like Too Short, Spice 1, and Ant Banks minted their own brand of Bay Area funk called mobb music ... Rather Be With You”) mixes sexy and funky with ...

It was a time when funk music became “the chocolate-colored soundtrack to a golden age of music,” the cultural critic Michael A. Gonzales once wrote. “There’s no sad funk songs,” says ...

We Want the Funk!” shows how funk music fueled a pro-Black resistance in the face of racist repression — and may offer some lessons in fighting Trumpism.

Funk music was a decidedly optimistic note to open ... jazz house and old school funk. “It was a wild mix, but it felt like home,” she said. Yu stuck to the night’s theme of spinning vinyl ...