Give A Gift
Displaying all articles tagged:

Funk

  1. superlatives
    The Best and Most Emotional of Kool & the Gang“It’s a chant. Plus the groove — it’s a funky, funky groove.”
    By Shannon Carlin
  2. remembrances
    Betty Davis Freaked ItThe Queen of Funk was eternally misunderstood in her boundary-breaking.
    By Craig Jenkins
  3. obits
    Labelle Singer Sarah Dash Dead at 76Patti LaBelle remembered her collaborator as “an awesomely talented, beautiful, and loving soul.”
    By Justin Curto
  4. verzuz
    The Throwbacks Kept Coming During the Isley Brothers–Earth, Wind & Fire VerzuzAnd the Isleys closed it out with a new song with Snoop Dogg.
    By Justin Curto
  5. switched on pop
    Nile Rodgers’s Signature Sound Is Taking Over Pop Again — Cory Wong Knows WhyAllow funk musician Cory Wong to take you on a tour through the history of rhythm guitar, as forever innovated by the Chic legend.
    By Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding
  6. the inside track
    On ‘Pay Your Way in Pain,’ St. Vincent Is Fully a Rock StarAnnie Clark refracts ’70s funk through her own idiosyncratic view on the first Daddy’s Home offering.
    By Justin Curto
  7. motor booty affairs
    Bootsy Collins Must Give Up the Funk, for His HealthRest assured, 2019 will still be the Funkiest Year of Them All.
    By Bethy Squires
  8. godfather of go-go
    Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go Funk, Dies at 75Washington, D.C. loses a musical great.
    By Andre Tartar