An “Indie Lens Pop-Up,” presented by ITVS, Independent Lens and KEET PBS, will take place May 17 at 7 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St., Arcata. There will be a free screening of “We Want ...

Previous funk news coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The funk music capital of the world is right here in the Miami Valley. It’s a musical style dating back more than 60 years, blending pieces of ...

Independent Lens presents “We Want the Funk!,” which will air 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. It didn’t take long for ...

A new documentary explores the history and influence of funk music and its connection to Detroit. The Independent Lens documentary “WE WANT THE FUNK!” traces the history and influence of funk music ...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” at the Sundance Film Festival when, as he was out on the dance floor, the topic of his next film came up. “We ...

Bowling Green State University celebrates an American original musical genre with the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference April 25-26, 2025. A two-day event packed with guest speakers and a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Clinton is a mastermind of funk, an architect of psychedelic grooves, and an innovator whose influence stretches far beyond his Parliament-Funkadelic legacy. Since the late ...