It was goodbye for one of soccer's most adored national teams. Brazil, five-time World Cup winners, lost to Croatia in the quarterfinals on Friday. Despite the disappointment, the "Joga Bonito" team ...

Anitta's new album brought in more than 50% of the vote. By Ashley Iasimone Although Funk Generation just missed the lead on Billboard‘s weekly new Latin music poll results, Anitta‘s new album is ...

L ast november, just before the Latin Grammys in Seville, Spain, a crowd huddled in front of a club called Sala Cosmos, where the Brazilian superstar Anitta was co-hosting a massive party with ...

PBS’s Independent Lens series tackles the history and cultural impact of funk music in its latest 90-minute documentary, We Want the Funk! The film, co-directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, ...

With a new album arriving, why everyone from the biggest fans to Kamala Harris is calling for a brighter light on Bootzilla. By Steve Knopper Bootsy Collins‘ endless alter-egos — Boot-Tron, Zillatron, ...

Last month, the Brazilian artist Ludmilla made history: After powering through her hits during a breakout set at Coachella, she became the first Afro-Latina to perform at the music festival. She riled ...

A little over 10 years ago now, an obscure song from Pretoria, South Africa flipped dancefloors across the Northern Hemisphere on their ears. It was called “Township Funk,” and if you know it, you are ...

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 ...

Singer, songwriter, producer and style icon Betty Davis, whose unfiltered, in-your-face 1970s funk songs including “He Was a Big Freak,” “Game Is My Middle Name” and “Nasty Gal” conveyed a brash power ...

You’re likely hearing Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ ultra-catchy hit “Uptown Funk” everywhere you go these days, but the track sounds remarkably less catchy and funky when you remove one key element: ...