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Funk music was a bold sound that perfectly encapsulated post-civil rights Black Pride. 'We Want The Funk!' tells the story of ...
With a new album arriving, why everyone from the biggest fans to Kamala Harris is calling for a brighter light on Bootzilla.
The festival opens with a gala cabaret 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the Swan Dive, 727 S.E. Grand Ave., and continues each ...
"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...
Directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London discuss their new documentary We Want the Funk! on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast.
And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political ...
This brisk 80-minute documentary is a wall-to-wall commemoration of a genre by the people who love it the most.
A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that ...
Jazz heavyweights Dennis Chambers and Gary Grainger will play a pair of shows on Hilton Head on April 10 that will revisit ...
The 1970s was a turning point in United States history. It was also a turning point in popular music. Many new genres were born, and in the process, changed music forever.
This ‘Independent Lens’ presentation focuses on the rise of funk in the 1960s and ’70s, highlighting its place in black music ...
We Want The Funk serves as a fantastic entry point to funk for casual listeners and curious ears. But it also speaks to something that other ...