Musician Cimafunk will return to Festival International in Lafayette this year for the 40th anniversary. The eccentric ...

An investigation is underway after Rushville police and Rush County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect on Friday. An argument over Pokémon cards led to a shooting in a Kroger parking lot on ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — People of Indianapolis, it’s time to get funky. The first-ever Indy Funk Music Day Fundraiser Showcase is this Saturday at The 808 at Indy CD & Vinyl. The event is led by Mr.

"Urban music is a core pillar of our strategy, and its creative strength in Brazil is reflected in talents such as Meno K," says the president of Warner Music Brazil. By Isabela Raygoza Associate ...

As funk music evolved in 1969, the genre continued its blend of R&B, soul, jazz, and blues. But instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic ...

Steve Washington, the influential funk trumpeter and co-founder of the seminal groups Slave and Aurra, has died at the age of 67. His passing, announced on February 1, 2026, marks the loss of one of ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - Funk music is unifying in many ways – not only because it brings together several musical genres to create a unique sound, but also because of its ability to unite people. This ...

“Symphonic PFunk: Celebrating the Music of Parliament Funkadelic" will take over the Detroit Opera House on Jan. 31. The concert will cap three days of George Clinton celebration in Detroit. Other ...

Denver funk band Wild Love Tigress formed when the world was about to end…or so people thought. It was 2012, and many were grappling with how the Mayan Long Count calendar ended on December 21; in ...

There have been a lot of words to describe good funk music. Dirty. Gritty. Grimy. When done right, funk should make your face scrunch up, your head nod and your body move in ways even you might not ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

Hector Garcia grew up in Los Angeles, raised on the sounds of funk music. He memorized the hip slang and lyrics of funk legend George Clinton, founder of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective along ...