Funk

...recording maestro, Manny Guerra. "Hessa" serves as a sonic bridge between the bluesy, if standard, funk of "Djobime" and the polyrhythmic funk that El Rego would bring to its height with the likes of "Vimado Wingnan" -- the song that still...

In this article: Benin, James Brown, Cold Sweat, Stones Throw, David Matthews, Ghana, Super Bad, and Peanut Butter Wolf

...Robyn should really take some time out of her extremely busy schedule to whip together her own hourly radio program devoted to Afro-Funk music, then-yippee!-you're in luck. Turns out this Sunday is the premiere of Cherrytree Radio's The...

In this article: Robyn, Be Mine!, Funk music, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Nelly Furtado

Damon Dam-Funk Riddick's debut album is a sprawling retro-funk epic Damon 'Dam-Funk' Riddick's debut LP lays down a big slab of retro-funk West Coast space funkateer Damon 'Dam-Funk' Riddick is So Cal's 'ambassador of boogie funk' a man...

In this article: G-funk, P-Funk, Adidas, MC Eiht, Ice Cube, George Clinton, and Shalamar

A feel-good, funky dance party was about to ensue. Clinton pumped the audience with hits "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" and "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker). " Clinton paced the stage, victoriously thrusting his arms...

In this article: Gene Ween, Parliament Funkadelic, Halloween, Kiss, George Clinton, New Orleans, Flaming Lips, and P-Funk

...description was something like: This Dynamite fragrance turns you into a Sex Machine. If you want to command the room like The King of Funk, if you want to really Please Please Please Please your lady, one spray will convince you that You...

In this article: Tim Gunn, James Brown, Beyonce, The King, and Sex Machine

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ANNOUNCE COMEBACK RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ANNOUNCE COMEBACK Funk rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their comeback concert after more than a year on hiatus recovering from a hectic...

In this article: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium, Anthony Kiedis, Chili pepper, Under the Bridge, Norah Jones, Wilco, Chad Smith, and James Taylor

...two months as five EPs, Dam has compiled Toeachizown Vol. 1-5 into a double-disc release. Now, who is Dam-Funk? He is a boogie, funk, and modern soul connoisseur, runs the popular "Funkmosphere" party in L.A., and during his DJ sets will...

In this article: West Coast hip-hop, G-funk, WC, Westside Connection, Stones Throw Records, Mack 10, and Ice Cube

Rubi Dan & Juxci, "Bashment Funky" MP3 We were reading our friend Erin's dancehall blog out of Kingston and thinking about pizza and reggae when, gazoing, this track rather appropriately dropped in our lap in a giant flame of fire. It's...

In this article: Funky, Pizza, and London

...recording artist, whose 'Toeachizown' is his debut album, plans to use modern recording software in the future. MIX AND MATCH: Dam-Funk's current live show is a performance of his own songs and a DJ set in which he pulls from his vinyl...

In this article: Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records, Leon Sylvers III, E mail, and God

...Giant Step. "We're a conduit for raising awareness of Afrobeat," says DJ Rich Medina, who founded the Kuti tribute party Jump N' Funk in 2001 and headlined four of 18 Felabrations nationwide. "It's a way of helping the cause." "The...

In this article: Afrobeat, Knitting Factory, Paul McCartney, Motown Records, Giant Step, and Jay-Z