This ‘Independent Lens’ presentation focuses on the rise of funk in the 1960s and ’70s, highlighting its place in black music ...

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

Back in 2005, Bass Player corralled Bootsy Collins, Fred Thomas, and Ray Brundidge, to dig into what it really meant to be a ...

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.

Front Range Community College’s sociology program is hosting a public screening of the new documentary film “ We Want the ...

INDEPENDENT LENS PREMIERES A SOULFUL AND MOVING PORTRAIT OF FUNK MUSIC “WE WANT THE FUNK!” APRIL 8 at 9:00 PM ON PBS ...

Bootsy Collins – one of the greatest bass players of all time – has a new record out soon, the modestly-titled Album Of The ...

Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins has made sturdy, buoyant bass lines, which stretch out all over the place before returning to the one, the bedrock of funk. The ...

We knew we didn’t want it to be a travelogue through funk music where it’s just like James Brown, you know, Sly Stone. George Clinton. We didn’t want it to be a list. “But we also knew ...