{"id":13726,"date":"2025-04-13T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13726"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T23:11:33","slug":"the-funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/13\/the-funk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/04\/we-want-the-funk-stanley-nelson-nicole-london-interview-1236363846\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from DEADLINE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who Wants The Funk? \u2018We Want The Funk!\u2019 On Doc Talk Podcast With Stanley Nelson &amp; Nicole London<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/author\/matthew-carey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew Carey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018WE WANT THE FUNK!\u2019 documentary explores the evolution of funk music and its connection to Detroit\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJwxcoSi7cY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&amp;B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on \u201csyncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,\u201d according to one description. But that\u2019s an awfully academic way of putting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important thing: Funk makes you want to dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We Want the Funk!<\/em>, a new documentary premiering Tuesday night on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/pbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBS<\/a> stations, will have you moving in your recliner, on your living room dance floor or wherever you watch it. Directors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/stanley-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stanley Nelson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nicole-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicole London<\/a>\u00a0join the latest episode of Deadline\u2019s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/doc-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doc Talk<\/a><\/em>\u00a0podcast to explore the music and its key innovators including James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/04\/we-want-the-funk-stanley-nelson-nicole-london-interview-1236363846\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at DEADLINE<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from DEADLINE Who Wants The Funk? \u2018We Want The Funk!\u2019 On Doc Talk Podcast With Stanley Nelson &amp; Nicole London By\u00a0Matthew Carey Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&amp;B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on \u201csyncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,\u201d according to one description. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}