Uncover the journey of funk music, showcasing its rhythmic roots and the top funk songs that illustrate its lasting cultural ...

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 ...

7:00 – 8:00pm Voodoo Visionary: Voodoo Visionary hails from the dirty south musical mecca of Atlanta. Their improvisational funk dance music delicately balances a tight rhythm section featuring deep ...

It was goodbye for one of soccer's most adored national teams. Brazil, five-time World Cup winners, lost to Croatia in the quarterfinals on Friday. Despite the disappointment, the "Joga Bonito" team ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Tucson’s Shooda Shook It are, well, a little weird. But the relatively new group is that kind of weird that is both an entertaining spectacle, while also laying down some solid funky dance music.

The Pink to Black concert series is returning to the Thunder River Theatre Company for the second year in a row, a distinct experience from a combination of music and the magic of theatre.

Don’t expect Travis Young to be tuning into The Weather Channel much this week. That might seem surprising, given how he has been at the helm of the grassroots-oriented Moonshiner’s Ball since its ...

The girls were too energized and talented to stay sidelined. So Nikita Hearne drew ideas from her own youth, studied the soulful, fast and precision moves of university cheerleaders down south and ...