Monmouth Arts will bestow George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic a Lifetime Achievement in Music Award at the group's annual ...

The man known as the 'Godfather of Funk,' George Clinton, turns 85 on Wednesday, July 22. Few people have had a more profound impact on music and no one is a clearer symbol of the music that defined ...

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 funk’s ...

In a newly published book, CU Boulder Professor Reiland Rabaka delves into the culture and sound of music’s ‘best-kept secret’ Barely two months into the ‘70s, Funkadelic—led by George Clinton, ...

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, ...