Front Range Community College’s sociology program is hosting a public screening of the new documentary film “ We Want the ...

Almost as legendary is the iron-fisted manner in which James Brown ran his band. Tales of fines for missed cues and unshined ...

Chronicling the history and influence of funk music, PBS Distribution's We Want The Funk! features legendary artists and rare ...

Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a ...

From the golden age of rap to present day, look at (and listen to) some of the most iconic funk samples ever used in hip-hop, and watch WE WANT THE FUNK! on PBS.

A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster ...

Since joining James Brown’s band 55 years ago this month, Collins has made sturdy, buoyant bass lines, which stretch out all over the place before returning to the one, the bedrock of funk. The ...

and has been speaking about his time playing with two titans of funk: James Brown and George Clinton. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Collins, now 73, talked about The Godfather of Funk's ...

Bootsy Collins – one of the greatest bass players of all time – has a new record out soon, the modestly-titled Album Of The Year Number 1 Funkateer, and has been speaking about his time playing with ...

INDEPENDENT LENS PREMIERES A SOULFUL AND MOVING PORTRAIT OF FUNK MUSIC “WE WANT THE FUNK!” APRIL 8 at 9:00 PM ON PBS ...

But there was a time when funk was prominently heard. And it was created by James Brown the man who laid the blueprint for music styles and legends alike. Chronicling the birth and evolution of ...

The veteran R&B group released 'That's the Way of the World' in March 1975. Here's why the album still matters.