Funk News

Once among the most legendary, yet least-known figures in contemporary music, original funkster William "Bootsy" Collins has lived a life full of highs and lows.

The phrase "bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yea" belongs exclusively to funk legend George Clinton, a panel of federal judges ruled this week.

Beyonce ruled the 2009 Soul Train Awards on Tuesday after taking home three top prizes at the ceremony.

Stage One in Fairfield, CT. The group, which is spearheaded by Fuzz and his wife Carrie Sangiovanni, recently described their music in a Jambands.com interview as "Gypsy Swing Meets The Beatles at Tim Burton's House." On hand to join the group for this musical amalgam were Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.

Rapper Eminem performs along with KISS this weekend at Voodoo Experience, the punk and rock music festival to be held amid the live oaks and lagoons at New Orleans City Park.

Sure, Solana Beach calls the Belly Up a tavern, but that doesn't mean it's a broken-down watering hole with only Van Halen's 'Panama' playing on the jukebox.

Funk and R&B singer Betty Davis was influenced by close friends like Jimi Hendrix and her ex-husband, jazz legend Miles Davis .

FUNK MARATHON with Soul Sister - Halloween Morning, 12-5am! George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic perform live at Voodoo Experience, Halloween Night on the WWOZ/SoCo Stage.

Want the bass to thump so loud you can feel the vibrations? The Music Chocolate sofa will help you get there, and it might not even anger the neighbors in the process.

Added on Sunday 25 October 2009, 21:57 On Sunday 24 January 2010 a band called dotfunk will be performing at the Jazz Cafe in London.

Boulder's award-winning Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery will celebrate 16 years of hoppy good times in a huge anniversary bash with The Pearl Street All-Stars, a lineup featuring high-caliber performers from the worlds of soul, funk, rock and fusion.

Between the King Records ties to James Brown and the thumping funk foundation of Bootsy Collins, Cincinnati has a legitimate claim as one of the cities that helped form the foundation of the vaunted West Coast G-Funk hip-hop sound of the early 1990s.

On Thursday the New Mastersounds will open a brief three-city Italian tour. Then the U.K.-based group will set their sights on the U.S. for their final run through the country of 2009.

Maxwell returns to New Orleans on Wed., Oct. 21. From time to time, R&B stars disappear not because of normal career fluctuations, but for more mysterious, dramatic reasons.

Their self-effacing name to the contrary, Average White Band was anything but -- one of the few white groups to cross the color line and achieve success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound also belying their Scottish heritage, evoking American R&B hotbeds like Detroit, Memphis, and Philadelphia instead.

George Clinton has declared War. Clinton and the 2009 version of Parliament Funkadelic are scheduled to play Nov.

Back in 1997, hip-hop DJ and producer Miles Tackett invited fellow DJs, musicians and MCs to jam at a weekly Los Feliz party, "The Breaks." "That's all the DJs were playing ... rare groove, funk breaks, sample source stuff," Tackett says.

This weekend's best bets in Bay area music October 8, 2009 at 10:45 am by Leilani Polk A quick breakdown of this weekend's most worthy concerts beginning with Thursday, 'cause that's when the weekend really starts, right? For a more comprehensive schedule of concerts, check out our Upcoming Events page.

Three Dog Night, Journey, Styx, KISS and Tavares may seem like they belong on oldies radio, but fans are still lining up to see them and many other great groups.

American Legion Cathay Post #384 and AsianWeek Foundation are partnering to bring the community a free mah jong night on Wednesday Oct.