And funky Oakland collective Digital Underground’s “Humpty Dance” (sampling Parliament’s “Let’s Play House”) still gets play to this day. Funk also found its way to other hip-hop ...

Today’s charts are dominated by plastic dance pop that feels like it’s been assembled by an AI bot. I can’t help but wonder: Why did funk music lose its popularity? And did we lose something ...

“Give Up the Funk” remains a dance-floor favorite and continues to inspire musicians in various genres today. 4. ‘Pick Up the Pieces’ – Average White Band “Pick Up the Pieces” by the ...

The 1960s was a melting pot of musical innovation, with multiple genres forming, growing and progressing simultaneously in often completely different directions. Funk music started to emerge in ...

Now this is how you retire: 60-year-old dance teacher Shirley Clements celebrated her last school year with a surprise performance – of Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk,” no less – at the annual ...

The former USSR might not be considered a musical hotbed, but a new compilation of rare music from the Soviet Union lifts the veil on the vibrant, dance-focused ... loads of funk and Moroder ...

This ‘Independent Lens’ presentation focuses on the rise of funk in the 1960s and ’70s, highlighting its place in black music and politics. John Anderson ...