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George Clinton leads a symphonic P-Funk opera house landing: Videos, set list, photos, report

For nearly 50 years, George Clinton has taken his brand of groundbreaking funk basically wherever a Mothership can fly. An ...
PBS

Funk music and its connection to Detroit, Michigan Poet Laureate Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd

The evolution and influence of funk music and Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with Satori Shakoor, who was a member of the Brides of ...
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10 George Clinton Songs That Define Funk Music.

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Clinton is a mastermind of funk, an architect of psychedelic grooves, and an innovator whose influence stretches far beyond his Parliament-Funkadelic legacy. Since the late ...
NPR

'You know it when you feel it': A new documentary explores the roots of funk

We Want the Funk!, an expansive, emotive, celebratory documentary looking at one of history's most important musical genres, begins simply. Legendary studio musician Marcus Miller picks up his bass ...
PBS

More than a Sample Size: The Legacy of Funk Music in Hip-Hop

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...