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This ‘Independent Lens’ presentation focuses on the rise of funk in the 1960s and ’70s, highlighting its place in black music ...

Some of the best funk songs of all time sound just as fresh as they did when they came out decades ago, which is beyond rare.

"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 ...

Collins had lessons on the importance of the business end of the music biz from Brown, who shared the adage It’s 75 percent ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the foundations of modern music, James Brown is a name ... of the most sampled beats in hip ...

And it was created by James Brown the man who laid the blueprint ... rhythms with a strong emphasis on the down beat. Among ...