The profound shift from soul and R&B into funk during the ’70s saw many bands take up the mantle of James Brown’s innovations of the late ’60s. In the early part of the decade, African-American bands ...

Guitar skills: With dissonant chords and aggressive rhythm playing, the harder side of blues-rock overlaps into funk. The ‘7#9’ shape (shown here in F#) below is known as the Hendrix chord thanks to ...

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The members of the funk collective Lettuce are grooving their way into a busy fall, with their new album "Elevate" out now and a North American tour stretching through December. To celebrate, the band ...

Michael Jackson was renowned for employing some of the best guitarists of their day, be it Larry Carlton, Steve Stevens, Eddie Van Halen or Orianthi. One player who made an indelible mark on Jackson ...

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Listen, honey, Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) are getting taken to school because King Quincy (George ...

Between 1982 and 1984 Piper staged a series of events advertised as Funk Lessons which invited participants to learn about the dance styles culture and history of funk music As documented in a video ...