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psychedelic soul. African-American music. Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.
Pages in category "Funk genres" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Free funk; Funk metal; Funk rock; G. G-funk; Go-go; J. Jazz-funk; P.
This is a list of funk music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the funk genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such ...
Funk rock. Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock. [1] James Brown and others declared that Little Richard and his mid-1950s road band, the Upsetters, were the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat, with a biographer stating that their music "spark [ed] the musical transition from fifties rock and roll to ...
Music of Washington, D.C. list of funk musicians. Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response. Go-go was originated by African-American musicians in Washington, D.C., during the mid-1960s to late-1970s. Go-go has limited popularity in other areas, but maintains a devoted ...
Psychedelic funk. Psychedelic funk (also called P-funk or funkadelia, and sometimes conflated with psychedelic soul [1]) is a music genre that combines funk music with elements of psychedelic rock. [3] It was pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by American acts like Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, and the Parliament-Funkadelic ...
Electro (or electro-funk) [3][4] is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machines, [5][6] with an immediate origin in early hip hop and funk genres. [7][8] Records in the genre typically feature heavy electronic sounds, usually without vocals; if vocals are present, they are delivered in a ...
Funk genres (5 C, 15 P) M. Funk musicians (10 C, 26 P) S. Funk songs (22 C, 148 P) Pages in category "Funk" The following 11 pages are in this category, out ...