When you look back on the last half-century of backbeat-driven, hard-pocket funk, it’s strange that one of the genre’s major innovators was inspired to start playing because of the square, oompah ...

YPSILANTI, MI -- Funkiness is coming to downtown Ypsilanti with a week full of live, original music. Funky Rivertown Fest is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, through Friday, March 22, and 2 to 11 ...

If you've seen Funky Unkle in a live setting, you know a couple things. First, they know how to get a room moving. And second, there's a lot of them. Nine members, to be exact. A stage can barely ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...