Early funk is often associated with the Godfather Of Soul James Brown, who helped pioneer this style of dance music in the late '60s and early '70s. The ubiquitous use of syncopation (playing on the ...

“‘Can’t’ is dead,” proclaims Kirk Gavin III, co-frontman and founder of one of Tallahassee’s premier funk bands, Pharaohs of Funk. He says that he was first introduced to this motivating phrase as a ...

Yes, Robert Trujillo is known as one of the sickest bassist in metal, but part of what makes the Metallica musician so is a well-rounded appreciation for music that started with a full-fledged love of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a musical genre, funk is practically impossible to define. It is a feeling and an essence, and proudly ...

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 ...

In October of 1991, an unknown band calling themselves the Infectious Grooves arrived like a breath of fresh air with a debut album called The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...Its the Infectious ...