This panel featuring acclaimed composers and music supervisors will continue our "Pass the Remote" series, taking place at ...

Describing my 2017 appointment as a faculty member, the University of Virginia dubbed me the school’s “first” hip-hop ...

There is something magical in the anticipation of the second note in music, and this magic can be used to exploit the power of the offbeat.

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on "syncopated ...

And a new documentary from PBS — “We Want the Funk!”— serves as a timely demonstration of how artistic moments and political ...

This brisk 80-minute documentary is a wall-to-wall commemoration of a genre by the people who love it the most.

‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, ...