"I saw Calvin actually at [the] Vanity Fair Oscar party,” Perry told Ryan Seacrest Wednesday back in 2017. “We just bumped ...

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Member Countess V. Winfrey (left), Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Associate Artistic Director Qarrianne Blayr (center) and Dayton Ballet members in rehearsal for ...

Springtime has arrived, which means festival season is in full swing in Tallahassee. The Capital City is also the hometown of George Clinton, widely regarded as the Godfather of Funk and a force in ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — People of Indianapolis, it’s time to get funky. The first-ever Indy Funk Music Day Fundraiser Showcase is this Saturday at The 808 at Indy CD & Vinyl. The event is led by Mr.

As funk music evolved in 1969, the genre continued its blend of R&B, soul, jazz, and blues. But instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic ...

There was no shortage of groundbreaking funk and soul classics in the 1970s. But in 1977, several tracks reflected dance music’s ongoing evolution. Using a combination of old and new production ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic delighted fans with a TikTok video on August 1, 2025, showcasing his dance moves to Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk." Donning a bright yellow suit, Djokovic confidently ...

Massive protests erupt in Iran with citizens forming human chains around vital power plants in Tabriz, as the US issues an 8 PM ET ultimatum to the Iranian regime. The White House warns of ...

It was sometime in the latter part of the 1960s that R&B gave way to soul and, by extension, funk. It wasn't a scene so much at first as it was a grouping of like-minded artists taking their music to ...