Ninety-eight years ago today, the guitarist who helped shape Johnny Cash's signature sound was born in Mississippi.

Dance to the Music' (Sly and the Family Stone), or 'Fresh' (Kool & The Gang) you wouldn't have missed 'Afro Boutique', the ...

Dance to the Music' (Sly and the Family Stone), or 'Fresh' (Kool & The Gang) you wouldn't have missed 'Afro Boutique', the ...

It was sometime in the latter part of the 1960s that R&B gave way to soul and, by extension, funk. It wasn't a scene so much at first as it was a grouping of like-minded artists taking their music to ...

“Sly passed away peacefully, surrounded by his three children, his closest friend, and his extended family,” said Stone's family in a statement. “While we mourn his absence, we take solace in knowing ...

Funk, known for his accuracy rather than distance, won eight PGA Tour events and three senior majors. His 1,000th start comes nearly 43 years after his first professional start. Despite nearing the ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer before his death ...

Prior to his death, the musician was battling stage four cancer, according to a recent GoFundMe launched by his family. Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a genius ...

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NAMM 2025: Cory Wong with a guitar that isn't a Stratocaster? Do not adjust your set. The maestro of 21st-century funk guitar has teamed up with Ernie Ball Music Man for a pair of signature guitars ...