funk wasn’t just a musical genre — it was a lifestyle and attitude built around what one music critic called “sweat and sociability.” And then the music lost its groove. The ‘80s and ...

From ballroom to disco: a look at the history and evolution of dance music Where many genres effectively disappeared in the technological era of the 80s, funk managed to embrace the synthetic ...

Get to know War, the iconic band that combines funk, rock, jazz, and Latin music with hits like Low Rider and Why Can’t We Be Friends?.

WFYI recently hosted a screening of the new PBS documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! at the Kan-Kan Cinema. The film explores the ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, southwestern Ohio - particularly Dayton’s west side - was known for its stable of funk bands whose influence can be heard in hip-hop, house and other musical forms ...