Uncover the journey of funk music, showcasing its rhythmic roots and the top funk songs that illustrate its lasting cultural ...

Get on up! What is it about James Brown's music that makes it sound so funky? James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, created the DNA for funk. Musicians LA Buckner and Nahre Sol explore how he created ...

Gerald Ford saved the nation, it is said, by getting us out of a funk. James Brown saved it by getting us into one. Not since the coincidental deaths of Ronald Reagan and Ray Charles has destiny ...

James Brown’s career spanned six decades, but the energy of his live shows during his prime years remains unmatched to this day and has inspired new generations of performers. Among these artists is ...

James Brown was an iconic American musician who is recognized as one of the most influential figures in rhythm and blues, soul, funk and protest civil rights music. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia ...

The music world has lost a true innovator on the drums. Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown’s funk drummer and the creator of the most sampled drum break in hip-hop, has passed away from kidney failure on ...

Now, anyone who knows the genius of James Brown knows that that man kept “the pocket” thumping. Sadly, one of the drivers of Brown’s most iconic grooves—and one of hip-hop’s most sampled ...

Tributes poured in for dummer Clyde Stubblefield, a key force in one of funk master James Brown's most important bands, who died in Madison over the weekend. Stubblefield, 73, performed on some of ...

There are not many people in the world of music that have been as influential as the "Godfather of Soul," James Brown. You could say he was the godfather of funk, disco and hip-hop, as well. One thing ...

We lost James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, in 2006, but the funk must go on. And indeed it will on Wednesday night as The James Brown Band comes to town with some special guests that will make you ...

Clyde Stubblefield, the funk drummer whose work with James Brown made him one of the most sampled musicians in history, died Saturday morning in Madison, Wis., his publicist confirmed. Stubblefield ...