Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ‘70s golden age when songs from groups like the Ohio Players and Parliament pumped from speakers in dorm rooms, high school dances and “blue ligh ...

WFYI recently hosted a screening of the new PBS documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! at the Kan-Kan Cinema. The film explores the ...

The syncopated story of funk music, from its roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk and beyond. WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African ...

"The title was this moment of grace that was beamed down to me, and then it was the thing that synthesized everything." ...

As a pioneer of the sound and vibe of the '70s whose influence was impossibly ... "Pusherman," his great funk track off "Super Fly," a song that's almost novelistic in its inside-street-life ...