This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

The thought of dancing to a funk song isn’t a radical idea. However, not all funk is the same. There are some tunes so funky they’ll even inspire the stiffest wallflowers to move. Head to the dance ...

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, ...

A truly funky soulful DVD compilation of live performances from the masters of RB music Features incredible concert footage of James Brown Chic The Pointer Sisters Dionne Warwick The Brothers Johnson ...

Arlester "Dyke" Christian and his bandmates were packing the dance floor at one of their regular stomping grounds in Phoenix, the Elks Club on Seventh Avenue, when a man approached to ask whose song ...

This ABBA jam isn’t solely a rock tune. It has elements of rock, pop, and disco, as one would expect from this famous group. And it’s absolutely a fun track to dance to, even today. “Summer Night City ...