A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that ...

‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on "syncopated ...

Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a ...

This brisk 80-minute documentary is a wall-to-wall commemoration of a genre by the people who love it the most.

Today’s charts are dominated by plastic dance pop that feels like it’s been assembled by an AI bot. I can’t help but wonder: Why did funk music lose its popularity? And did we lose something ...

What is it about funk music that makes us want to dance, that makes us feel good?” In an interview edited for length and clarity, Nelson and London talked about their earliest memories of funk ...