He said he wants to fill the void left by the demise of New Orleans' Voodoo Music & Arts Experience in City Park and the BUKU ...

She’s also the tap director at Next Step Dance in Frisco and creator of the tap program at her alma mater, Dallas’ Booker T.

The inaugural Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. Afro–New Orleans Festival of Literature and Culture will honor the legacy of the ...

The 2026 Levitate Music & Arts Festival returns to Marshfield, Massachusetts for two days of performances on July 18 and 19. Alanis Morissette and Ziggy ...

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, ...

Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Mel Schacher formed Grand Funk Railroad in 4969. Later that year, they released their debut album, On Time. Over the years, the band has released six Platinum albums and ...

At a time when Black contributions to American history and culture face keep getting erased, independent art stands as a vital act of resistance and remembrance. We Want the Funk! is a vibrant ...

“Superstition” by Wonder is one of the greatest funk songs ever. Released in 1972, it has an unforgettable groove, catchy rhythm, and energetic vibe. The funky clavinet riff is instantly recognizable.

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...

This year, we invite submissions focusing on novel developments in the executive power, broadly understood. Essays should grapple with how the executive branch shapes and is shaped by the coordinate ...

DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer before his death ...