A recollection of the thrilling experience at Prambanan Jazz Festival 2026, featuring Lomba SIhir, Xdinary Heroes, and a ...

Indonesia is not a country the Western soul narrative has ever paid much attention to, which says everything about the narrative and nothing about Indonesia. Surabaya alone has form. It was the city ...

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 ...

Grand Funk Railroad has added summer concert dates to their current Still Shinin' On tour. The new shows, which expand the band's run through the end of summer, come with the news that the band's ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center (also known as the Funk ...

Watergate had shaken the nation. Gerald Ford was completing the third year of what would have been Richard Nixon’s second presidential term, had he not resigned in disgrace. The Vietnam War was ...

For 50 years, American photographer Mitchell Funk has been training his lens on one of the most recognizable structures in the world: the Chrysler Building. And while the subject in this body of work ...

The U.S. and Indonesia agreed to the framework of a trade agreement, the White House said in a joint statement. Jakarta will drop almost all tariffs on U.S. goods, while imports to the U.S. from ...

Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Mel Schacher formed Grand Funk Railroad in 4969. Later that year, they released their debut album, On Time. Over the years, the band has released six Platinum albums and ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Beach Funk Fest is coming back to the Oceanfront Aug. 22-23, and the City of Virginia Beach, Beach Events and IMGoing announced the lineup on Wednesday, May 7 ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...

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 ...