The evolution and influence of funk music and Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with Satori Shakoor, who was a member of the Brides of ...

A new documentary explores the history and influence of funk music and its connection to Detroit. The Independent Lens documentary “WE WANT THE FUNK!” traces the history and influence of funk music ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...

We’re several decades removed from funk music’s heyday in the 1970s and early ‘80s. Yet the music and its connection to the Gem City inspired the documentary “Funk: The Sound of Dayton,” which ...

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Hector Garcia grew up in Los Angeles, raised on the sounds of funk music. He memorized the hip slang and lyrics of funk legend George Clinton, founder of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective along ...