Instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic and repetitive bass lines.

The first-ever Indy Funk Music Day Fundraiser Showcase is taking place this Saturday at The 808 at Indy CD & Vinyl, featuring various funk musicians from the 1970s to the present, with proceeds going ...

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, ...

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(ThyBlackMan.com) George Clinton is a mastermind of funk, an architect of psychedelic grooves, and an innovator whose ...

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