The Funky Uncle Lounge, an elaborate Carnival float that doubles as a roving music club, made its debut in this year’s Krewe of Tucks parade, hosting both riders and a live band. On Thursday, the ...

On the Thursday evening of Spring Fling, a dozen Penn students and I gathered in the Emily Sachs Dance Gallery in Irvine Auditorium. We didn’t come to pregame the concert; we came to earn some street ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The funk is happening on Jefferson Avenue as hundreds of people showing out for the 19th annual Buffalo Funk Fest Friday night. The celebration goes deeper than that as the funk ...

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 ...

*(New Orleans, LA) – October is the true first fall month in New Orleans. The cooler weather provides a great opportunity to get outdoors to party with a purpose at various events (such as the new ...

It's about to get funky. By Big Gigantic Welcome, one and all, to Funkytown. Taking you through 20 years’ worth of funk music — from The Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing” to The Whispers’ “Rock Steady ...

EXCLUSIVE: The spring lineup for the Emmy-winning documentary showcase Independent Lens is looking funky, by design. WE WANT THE FUNK!, “a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music” directed ...

Few groups at Boston Colleges drip with the kind of indelible, odorous passion that Funky Giant does. Channeling its passion for aural pleasure into the hearts and minds of its audience, Funky Giant ...

New York, NY - It has been almost 20 years since New York City boogied to the sounds of funk music legends The Funky Knights. Imagine a mixture of Barry White, John Lee Hooker and Sam Kinison and you ...

A new ancient amphibian just dropped, and this one is named for an exceptionally bizarre 1970s funk song. Named Funcusvermis gilmorei — or “funky worm” — by paleontologists at Virginia Tech, this ...