From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Step back as Genesis Owusu makes his thunderous return to the Like A Version studio with his take on ...

Somehow NPR’s Tiny Desk managed to accommodate all six Foo Fighters on a recent office visit, where the group played a five-song set of hits and their Your Favorite Toy single, “Spit Shine,” which ...

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 ...

Joining Mars in Columbus are Anderson .Paak performing under his DJ Pee .Wee alias as well as Leon Thomas, both of whom appear on select tracks from “The Romantic.” DJ Pee .Wee opens every tour date ...

The 16-time Grammy winner will perform again Sunday at Bobby Dodd Stadium for the ‘Romantic Tour.’ Bruno Mars brings the "Romantic Tour," seen here during the tour's kickoff in Las Vegas earlier this ...

The newest release on Alligator Records from the Tampa-based artist Selwyn Birchwood is a confident blast of modern blues. Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues is rich with ripping riffs, emotionally honest ...

A half-century ago, George Clinton debuted a $500,000 spaceship that turned his live concerts into intergalactic journeys. Here’s how it went down. By Steve Knopper Nearly 50 years ago in New Orleans, ...

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 ...

“Rest in eternal peace and Funk,” read the post announcing the bassist’s death. Reporter William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, the original bassist for the funk rock band Funkadelic and a key figure in 1970s ...

Most spaceships are kept at Roswell, but the original Mothership currently lives in the Smithsonian. By Gary Graff Keep your eyes to the sky: George Clinton is planning to land the ...