In addition to hitting the top of the charts in the USA, the song won an Academy Award making Isaac Hayes the first non-actor ...

Chance’s early punk funk music has been described as like a Ramones ... similar broad styles and both charted in the Billboard 200 top ten. Although they split up for a few years in the 90s ...

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 ...

In 2020, Craig counted down the best and most seminal funk and soul albums as part of his "Funky Forty" series. To mark Craig's new 6 Music show, here's the lowdown on his Top 10 records - from ...

Exploring the best in funk and soul from the roots of black music through to the current club sounds, featuring classic tracks, new releases, sessions and interviews.

Old-school Funk Music, who can resist? Motown legends Charles Glenn, a.k.a. Bass King and Rodney Trotter a.k.a. Sir Nose D’Void Of Funk are bringing back the best of funk music history into our ...

Diamond Cafe is on a mission to make funk music mainstream again. “I feel like people don’t realize how much they love funk music,” he says. “When it’s on and it’s playing, people just ...

When Josh Ferrell of MOTHER.FUNK asked Chad Stokes of DISPATCH the best piece of advice he could offer, Chad simply said, "Just give your music out for free to anybody that will listen." And that's ...

George Clinton is widely known as the “Godfather of Funk”, and for good reason. Clinton started his music career in doo-wop groups as a teenager before becoming a songwriter for Motown.

Made in Manchester, The Plimp Souls are a conga-crammed, horn-heavy, soul-stuffed nine-piece fuelled by boundless energy and a burning mission to put the fun back into funk. Blending the best of ...

Farley Jackmaster Funk began his music career as part of the Hot Mix 5 DJ team, and also DJed at the legendary Warehouse nightclub. Farley Jackmaster Funk released a string of songs on the highly ...