Femme Funk Fête is an upcoming celebration of black women, funk, and femininity coming to the Contemporary Arts Center on March 15. Femme Funk Fête is in collaboration with Mickalene Thomas’ Femme ...

Alexandra Burke to play Queen of Funk in I’m Every Woman The Chaka Khan Musical - Burke will headline the new musical about ...

Stanley Nelson and Nicole London explain the soundtrack of freedom. We Want The Funk!, a documentary exploring the Funk genre that defined the 1970s, is now airing on PBS. Set against the backdrop of ...

We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...

Every Thursday, Los Angeles magazine curates a list of the best events in and around Los Angeles. Craft a great last-minute schedule with our Weekend Guide to L.A. Happy Women’s History Month! There ...

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 ...

The dynamic story of funk music, from early roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk to influences. We Want the Funk is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, ...

During one number at a Parliament-Funkadelic concert a few years ago, I watched as 15 or 20 band members and hangers-on partied and boogied and wandered around onstage, including an old woman with a ...

With President Donald Trump waging war on the arts, via his control of the Kennedy Center and his ongoing attacks on museums nationwide, the power of artistic resistance has been on my mind. And a new ...