A History of Funk Music and Black Liberation of the 1970s | Stone City Band

Take a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop. Watch We Want the Funk Tuesday night at 8:00 on #WKNOChannel10, stream with the PBS App. | WKNO