PBS

Funk music and its connection to Detroit, Michigan Poet Laureate Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd

The evolution and influence of funk music and Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with Satori Shakoor, who was a member of the Brides of ...
Orlando Weekly

The Bombay Connection: Funk From Bollywood Action Thrillers, 1977-1984 / Bombshell Baby of Bombay: Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves from Bollywood Films, 1959-1972

WorkNameSort: Bombay Connection: Funk From Bollywood Action Thrillers, 1977-1984 / Bombshell Baby of Bombay: Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves from Bollywood Films, 1959-1972, The While exploring the ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Bootsy Collins Speaks On His New Album, The Connection Of Funk & Hip-Hop, And Why Hip-Hop Needs A Voice [Video]

“You have to experience Funk and Hip-Hop and you have to come up in it. If you don’t come up in it, I don’t care how much you do it, you aren’t the real deal!” It’s hard to match Bootsy Collins ...
Rolling Stone

How Parliament’s ‘Mothership Connection’ Gave Up the Funk for a Whole Generation

At the beginning of 1975, Gerald Ford was president, the United States and Soviet Union were approaching a détente in the Space Race, and a wildly imaginative barber turned singer named George Clinton ...
Skiddle

Funk Connection

Band Members: Niall Scott, Lisa Paterson, Dave MacIntosh, Andy Davie, Gerry Dawson, Stewart Smith, Gareth Kerr, Gillian Leiper, Joe Leonard. Continuing Aberdeen's tradition of large and horny tribute ...