The Complete New Funk Times P.Funk History Double Issue 4/5 from 1990
Rolling Stone Magazine has just published the story “Doctor Atomic” about my favorite funk musician George Clinton (issue #1234, cover date: May 7, 2015). They printed a photo I took during my 1986...
View ArticleDUST IT OFF: Parliament’s “Mothership Connection”…40 Years Later
From the moment I heard these fictitious radio DJ’s in “P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)”, I couldn’t stop listening. I had never heard a radio show recreated in song, and this voice speaking from the...
View ArticleOne World Under a Groove: Happy New Year, y’all!
Midnight in Germany: I am not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions and wishes. But I am hoping for One World Under a Groove. As John Lennon once sang: You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one...
View ArticleFavorite Funk of 2015 … Including Glorious Soul by Judith Hill
Judith Hill (Photo: Medill DC / This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. / Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_Hill_crop.jpg)Listening to...
View ArticleFunky Shots: George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic 1989-1991
I used to publish ‘round 2’ of the George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic newsletter New Funk Times from 1989 to 1991. I can’t find the original photos I took back then, but here are black & white...
View ArticleThe Complete New Funk Times Issue #1 from 1989
The New Funk Times used to accompany George Clinton albums on Capitol Records in the ’80s. From 1989 to 1991, I published it as a subscription-only newsletter. I made the P.Funk History Double Issue...
View ArticleEverything you always wanted to know about music genres but were afraid to ask!
On the amazing website Every Noise at Once you find samples of 1436 styles on one map: Glenn McDonald of EveryNoise explains: This is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated,...
View ArticleFunk-A-Hall-Licks Wooing the World (1991 Bernie Worrell interview from the...
Bernie Worrell in 2009 – concert with SociaLibrium at the jazz club Porgy & Bess in Vienna (Photo: Manfred Werner/Tsui. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0...
View ArticleGeorge Clinton reveals why he keeps his mouth shut about new music that...
Yesterday in Singapore, Parliament/Funkadelic’s George Clinton aka Dr. Funkenstein met classic rap group The Sugarhill Gang („Rapper’s Delight“). He had a nice two-part Periscope chat with them about...
View ArticleMay 2017: George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic live in Europe
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic will invade Europe earlier than usual in 2017: Instead of July, they will visit in May already. The following dates have been confirmed to me by George’s...
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