VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Organizers have announced the lineup for a free funk music festival slated to take place at the Oceanfront in late August. The 2026 Virginia Beach Funk Fest Beach Party will run ...

“The funk party of the year” kicked off by honoring George Clinton, the pioneer of funk and leader of Parliament Funkadelic. The P-Funk Festival was the first of its kind and was held at Phipps Farm ...

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 ...

Genres like “alternative rock” and “grunge” help organize music into neat categories. But the labels also flatten music scenes that are much more diverse than the names reveal. Grunge certainly ...

Mon., Nov. 3, 2025 Bob Fogal, DJ, owner and operator of local oldies radio station, KOOL 107.1 FM, which took over the old EWU jazz station, 89.5 KEWU-FM, in February, poses for a photo on Oct. 16 at ...

OCEANSIDE — A new beachfront festival, Experience A Day in the O, will bring a mix of oldies, funk and hip-hop to the Junior Seau Pier Amphitheater this weekend ...

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 ...

Who’s got the funk? Virginia Beach. The 2025 Funk Fest Beach Party is set to deliver six funky musical acts headlined by bands Shalamar and Zapp on Aug. 22 and 23 Shalamar became known for its catchy ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...

The theme of the third edition of the News24 Weekender playlist is "Some New, Some Old", as we focus on this month's best new releases and some older gems. This week, News24's Weekender playlist theme ...

Whatever the reason, there are many things you can do to get out of a funk. Vectorium/ Shutterstock Are you feeling worn out? Struggling with lingering sadness, anxiety or feelings of indifference? If ...