Miller, whose comment about no sad funk songs appears in the film, tells me that he grew up in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York, where every block seemed to have a funk band. Making a ...

George Clinton, the mastermind behind the band Parliament Funkadelic, returns to his home state for a high-energy performance ...

Grand Funk Railroad’s first number-one hit, 1973′s “We’re An American Band,” came seven albums into the band’s career. Don, what do you remember about writing and recording that song?

Sometimes the very thing you intend not to do is what you end up doing — something the members of the funk band Cool Cool Cool, who are playing The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) on Friday night, know ...

Logical, but wrong, since Marsalis’ first band of note as a teenager, the Creators, was a funk and R&B band that catered to young, dance-happy audiences eager to get their groove on.

Up until that point, Brewer had stuck mostly to drumming. He'd be credited as the sole songwriter on "We're an American Band," on which he also sang lead vocals.

How did you wind up joining the Silver Bullet Band in 1979? I hadn’t done anything for a couple years, and I got a call from Bob Seger’s office. They were holding auditions.

With its name taken from an Anchorman quote and members clothed in tiger stripes, this group delivers classic funk that you can catch at Lost Lake on Saturday, January 18.

Miller, whose comment about no sad funk songs appears in the film, tells me that he grew up in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York, where every block seemed to have a funk band. Making a ...