Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a genius ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Full Force is one of those rare musical collectives that managed to balance the art of producing hits for others with the ability to craft their own catalog of memorable tracks.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When people talk about the golden age of funk, certain names always come up: Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang. But tucked into that legendary company is a ...

To celebrate London-based label Fantasy Love releasing a five-track EP of long-lost '80s material by Seattle funk/R&B group Teleclere, leader Tony Benton and others will be performing their lushly ...

The Ohio Players is one of many funk groups from Dayton that took off in the 1970s and '80s. In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. Instead of turning elaborate ...

The New Orleans native was best known for her 1971 hit single, "Mr. Big Stuff." The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy in 1972. Good morning, I'm Michel Martin.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The highly anticipated Fields of Funk music festival is returning for its fourth year on Saturday, October 26th and it’s going to be bigger and funkier than ever! With ...

The music legend is celebrating his 80th birthday on Thursday, July 22. He was born in North Carolina, but his rise to stardom began in the Plainfield barbershop where he formed Parliaments singing ...