Sure, there are music historians, but there are also dance, fashion, and cultural historians. Donnie Simpson, the famed DJ, is a constant voice, offering his personal interactions with funk.

Dance funk is a fusion of dance styles. Moves may be incorporated from jazz and hip-hop. The moves are rhythmic and some will be sharp and hard-hitting, contrasted with smooth movements.

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...

Dazz had the 1982 hit "Let It Whip," a dance track that reached number one on the R&B charts and got them a Grammy for Best R&B Performance. They'll headline the R&B/Funk Music Festival Saturday ...

Dibango, seen here in 2005, is featured in “We Want The Funk!” is a new documentary on funk which premieres on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 on PBS’s “Independent Lens.” (AP Photo/Claude Paris) ...

But Ford doesn’t just dance the dance. He desires for others, especially high school students, to learn to dance the Funk. To that end, he applied for, and was chosen from hundreds of applicants ...

YouTube channel What's The Mashup? edited together 100 dance scenes so that the moves synced with the beat of Mark Ronson's hit "Uptown Funk" featuring Bruno Mars. It's pretty impressive. Don't ...

Parris Fleming is the bandleader of The Parrisian Live Band, which will play New Year’s Eve at The Arts Campus at Willits. Fleming said the evening will be an all-out funk dance party featuring ...

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...