The women of Parliament-Funkadelic. (Top L-R) Parlets Debbie Wright, Mallia Franklin, and Shirley Hayden. (Bottom L-R) Brides Lynn Mabry and Dawn Silva. The funk collective Parliament-Funkadelic is ...
Femme Funk Fête is an upcoming celebration of black women, funk, and femininity coming to the Contemporary Arts Center on March 15. Femme Funk Fête is in collaboration with Mickalene Thomas’ Femme ...
Stanley Nelson and Nicole London explain the soundtrack of freedom. We Want The Funk!, a documentary exploring the Funk genre that defined the 1970s, is now airing on PBS. Set against the backdrop of ...
Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...