P BS’s Independent Lens series tackles the history and cultural impact of funk music in its latest 90-minute documentary, We ...

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

And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political ...

"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...

Learn about the amazing list of iconic 80s music artists, their hit songs, awards, and cultural impact that defined decades ...

From the golden age of rap to present day, look at (and listen to) some of the most iconic funk samples ever used in hip-hop, and watch WE WANT THE FUNK! on PBS.

Watch on Deadline Nelson and London break down the cultural impact of funk, its connection to Afrofuturism and how Nigerian recording artist Fela Kuti took the music back to its African roots ...

These one-hit wonders from the 1970s are still sorely loved hits today, decades after they were first released to the masses.

Explore the rave scene at Westcott Theater, or take in some relaxing hits with the Setnor School of Music’s jazz and ...

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 ...

We learn that funk music gained prominence along with the Black Power movement in the 1970s, as Black people — and artists, in particular — rejected the Jim Crow era’s demands for ...