Sly Stone’s Birthday Party Jam Rickey Vincent hosts his annual tribute to Sly & the Family Stone! Sly Stone turned 64 on March 15th, 2007 and his music and his spirit is as energetic as ever. An ...
EXCLUSIVE: The spring lineup for the Emmy-winning documentary showcase Independent Lens is looking funky, by design. WE WANT THE FUNK!, "a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music" directed ...
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 ...
“We Want the Funk” starts just as a documentary about funk music should – with musician Marcus Miller slapping that bass. Miller’s bass solo sets the tone for the rest of “We Want the Funk,” which is ...
A little more than a year after it opened its doors, the Funk Music Hall of Fame and Exhibition Center received a recognition from the state of Ohio that its director hopes will draw even more ...
Goal is sharing history of Dayton funk with the world. After being forced to vacate its spot in the Fire Blocks District in 2019, the Dayton Funk Music Hall of Fame has been without a physical ...
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 ...
The Stevie Wonder Special In honor of Stevie Wonder’s first Bay Area appearance in decades, the "History of Funk" will feature a celebration of Stevie’s most far reaching works. Hosted by Rickey ...