Why has funk music endured for more than 60 years? Though not scientifically proven, the deep grooves that are the genre's backbone have an irresistibly dance-able quality that can be found in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1976, the band Wild Cherry scored their first and only No. 1 hit with the song “Play That Funky Music.” The song, which ...

The organizers of Olympia’s new music festival have a message: “Funk OFF.” The musicians and music lovers at the helm aren’t being rude: “OFF” stands for Olympia Funk Festival, and the people who put ...

They have horns — and a lot of fun, too. Anthony Almonte, Curtis King Jr. and Ozzie Melendez of the touring E Street Band are known as the Funky Mofos when they're not backing Bruce Springsteen.

As C’est Funk, João Gomes digs into a range of groove-based music styles from around the world for his DJ sets, from funk and disco from his native Brazil to cumbia and afrodisko. His semi-regular ...

Post-punk band Clickbait has garnered a loyal fan base since its inception several years ago. The band is known for energetic live performances, stylish and outlandish outfits, and its diversity. Nick ...

In Flow Tribe’s 20 years of cranking out funky, good-time New Orleans party music, the band has found itself in some unexpected situations. Case in point: Opening for actor Russell Crowe’s band at ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

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, ...

While this is the Year of the Fire Horse in the Lunar calendar, it very well may also be The Year of the Ratboys for the Rock calendar. The Chicago-based quartet has just released its sixth album, ...