"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His ...

Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's band ...

And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political ...

The festival opens with a gala cabaret 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the Swan Dive, 727 S.E. Grand Ave., and continues each ...

Directors Stanley Nelson and Nicole London discuss their new documentary We Want the Funk! on Deadline's Doc Talk podcast.

“We Want the Funk!” shows how funk music fueled a pro-Black resistance in the face of racist repression — and may offer some lessons in fighting Trumpism. By Ja'han Jones With President ...

Jazz heavyweights Dennis Chambers and Gary Grainger will play a pair of shows on Hilton Head on April 10 that will revisit ...

Tron, Zillatron, King of the Geepies, Bootdullivan, Bedroom Bootsy and, of course, Bootzilla - have always battled for space ...

Collins had lessons on the importance of the business end of the music biz from Brown, who shared the adage It’s 75 percent business, 25 percent music. Though he bristled at the math as a 19-year-old ...

Tallahassee’s Word of South Festival kicks off Friday evening with a sold out concert. Musicians and authors will appear ...

Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's ...

Beyonce plays five shows at MetLife Stadium in May. Among acts coming to PNC: Halsey, Luke Bryan, Simple Minds, the Beach Boys, Dave Matthews Band, and Nelly with Ja Rule and Eve. The Stone Pony ...