(ThyBlackMan.com) Sly Stone didn’t just create music—he built a whole universe out of rhythm, rebellion, and radical honesty. His songs shook up the airwaves, fused genres, and broke every rule while ...

The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond. Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, MacArthur Fellow, and member of the Academy of ...

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, ...

Bowling Green State University celebrates an American original musical genre with the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference April 25-26, 2025. A two-day event packed with guest speakers and a ...

At a time when Black contributions to American history and culture face keep getting erased, independent art stands as a vital act of resistance and remembrance. We Want the Funk! is a vibrant ...

It’s hard to imagine the course pop music might have taken in the psychedelic ’60s had Sylvester Stewart not emerged at that pivotal moment as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, a racially ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival when, as he was out on the dance floor, the topic of his next film came up. “We ...

Fifty years of hip-hop were celebrated Friday as the 2023 Funk Fest returned for a fifth year to downtown Louisville. The first act of the night, Big Daddy Kane, had just taken the stage as music ...