Funk Music Artists United States

Funk Music Artists

Stevie Wonder

http://www.steviewonder.net/ United States

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, Wonder is considered to b ...

Funk Music Artists; Jazz Music Artists; Pop Music Artists; R&B / S ...

Pharrell Williams

https://pharrellwilliams.com/ United States

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (/fəˈrɛl/; born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo comprise the record production duo The Neptunes, producing ...

Funk Music Artists; Hip-Hop / Rap Music Artists; Pop Music Artists ...

Khruangbin

http://khruangbin.bandcamp.com United States

Khruangbin is an American musical trio from Houston, Texas, formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Ray "DJ" Johnson Jr. on drums. The band is known for blending global music influences, classic soul, dub and psyc ...

Alternative / Indie Music Artists; Funk Music Artists; R&B / Soul ...

Aloe Blacc

http://www.aloeblacc.com/ United States

gbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known as Aloe Blacc (/ˈæloʊ ˈblæk/), is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for his singles "I N ...

Funk Music Artists; Hip-Hop / Rap Music Artists; R&B / Soul Music ...

Bill Withers

http://www.billwithers.com/ United States

William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. He recorded several major hits, including "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Jus ...

Blues Music Artists; Funk Music Artists; R&B / Soul Music Artists

Snoop Dogg

http://snoopdogg.com/ United States

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, television personality, entrepreneur, and actor. His music career began in 1992 when he was discov ...

Funk Music Artists; Hip-Hop / Rap Music Artists; Reggae / Ska Musi ...

Barry White

https://www.facebook.com/BarryWhite/ United States

Barry Eugene Carter (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003), better known by his stage name Barry White, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and composer. A three-time Grammy Award–winner known for his distinctive ...

Dance / Disco Music Artists; Funk Music Artists; R&B / Soul Music ...

Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths.