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Earlier this year at Coachella, funk forefather George Clinton gifted Leon Thomas a custom hat, lauding him as one of the ...

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 ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A Rochester staple celebrated 28 years of soul, jazz, and prime-time funk. Saturday night’s performance was the band’s first of 2024, with a lineup of fan favorites and originals.

The Mothership will officially land at the Detroit Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 31, when funk god and godfather of modern hip hop George Clinton will helm a one-night-only performance celebrating 50 ...

It isn’t often you get the best of funk, soul, R&B, blues and the classic Motown sound all in one package – a 10-piece one, at that. Local band Soul Proprietor, which describes itself as an “urban ...

On Jan. 17, 2015 — ten years ago today — “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It would spend 14 consecutive weeks in the top spot, set ...

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 ...

Terry Gross interviews DJ, musician and record producer Mark Ronson. Ronson's hit song 'Uptown Funk' features vocals by Bruno Mars and spent 14 weeks as Billboard's #1 single. Also Beau Willimon, the ...