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13 mag 2024 · Funk, rhythm-driven musical genre popular in the 1970s and early 1980s that linked soul to later African-American musical styles. Musically, funk refers to a style of aggressive urban dance music driven by hard syncopated bass lines and drumbeats and accented by instruments involved in rhythmic counterplay.
1 giorno fa · jamesbrown .com. James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and ...
17 mag 2024 · By the time of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", he used the Flames less and less as he became a full-fledged solo artist who was now involved in the development of a new R&B subgenre, funk. Eventually the Famous Flames left him in 1968 as did his James Brown band by 1970 and Brown hired The J.B.'s who helped contribute to his continuing success in the 1970s.
10 mag 2024 · Parliament-Funkadelic, massive group of performers that greatly influenced the sound and style of funk music in the 1970s. The original members were George Clinton (b. July 22, 1941, Kannapolis, North Carolina, U.S.), Raymond Davis (b. March 29, 1940, Sumter, South Carolina—d. July 5, 2005, New Brunswick, New Jersey), Calvin Simon (b.
3 mag 2024 · Kool & the Gang, American funk and pop band from Jersey City, New Jersey, that was one of the first successful self-contained African American bands of the 1970s, writing its own songs and its members all playing their own instruments.
6 giorni fa · While generally considered an alternative metal and nu metal band, the band has also been labeled as heavy metal, grunge, rap rock, rap metal, funk metal, groove metal and hard rock. They are characterized by the style that incorporated downtuned guitars, a groove-heavy rhythm section, haunted atmospheric production, and dark lyrics ...
15 mag 2024 · The groove is undeniable when it comes to funk music—thumping bass lines, syncopated rhythms and a flair for blending soul, jazz, and R&B into an irresistible dance-inducing mix. This list celebrates the best funk bands of all time, inviting funk enthusiasts to weigh in on these soulful maestros.
