WFYI recently hosted a screening of the new PBS documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! at the Kan-Kan Cinema. The film explores the ...

Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ‘70s golden age when songs from groups like the Ohio Players and Parliament pumped from speakers in dorm rooms, high school dances and “blue ligh ...

The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond. WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African ...

Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a fun, interesting, entertaining ride through the genre.

It’s not just the music. It’s something else. You know, where did funk come from? What were the times in the ’60s and ’70s that produced funk? All of those things were kind of floating ...

"The title was this moment of grace that was beamed down to me, and then it was the thing that synthesized everything." ...

The world changed in the ‘70s, and we still see effects of the ... Funkadelic — “Can You Get To That” — 1971 Funk music had a real moment in the 1970s. Groups like Kool and The Gang ...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Saturday that Batiste will be remembered as "a proud son of New Orleans, Army veteran, educator, ...

Lenny Kravtiz, My Morning Jacket, Patti LaBelle, Kamasi Washington and more musicians and bands to see on the last day of ...