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The Story Of Funk – From P-Funk To G-Funk

The Story Of Funk – From P-Funk To G-Funk Ep 3/3

Wednesday 19 January

10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 2

From the Sixties through to the present day, funk music reverberates all through popular culture. Whether it's in fashion, street language, TV, the movies or pop music, the far-reaching influence of funk is everywhere.

American actress Pam Grier concludes this three-part series by revealing how the scene started its inevitable decline. While funk bands such as Earth, Wind & Fire could lay claim to being one of the largest acts in the world, by the end of the Seventies the beat had changed. Disco music took over as the dance-floor music of choice and funk bands either joined the party or disappeared.

It wasn't until the emergence of hip hop that the music was introduced to a younger generation via record producers who sampled the old funk classics. The advancement of music technology also helped a new electro-funk scene develop with a certain Prince Rodgers Nelson leading the way. Pam also examines the often-overlooked female "funkateers", including one of the genre's hidden gems, Betty Davis.

The series features contributions from Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang, Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, P-Funk musicians, Average White Band, Cameo, Clyde "Funky Drummer" Stubblefield, Charles Wright, The Last Poets, Beverley Knight, Matt Fink, Acid Jazz's Eddie Piller and rapper Shock G.

Presenter/Pam Grier, Producer/James Hale for BBC Wales

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/b00x9dg2

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The Story Of Funk – From P-Funk To G-Funk Ep 3/3

Wednesday 19 January

10.00-11.00pm BBC RADIO 2

From the Sixties through to the present day, funk music reverberates all through popular culture. Whether it's in fashion, street language, TV, the movies or pop music, the far-reaching influence of funk is everywhere.

American actress Pam Grier concludes this three-part series by revealing how the scene started its inevitable decline. While funk bands such as Earth, Wind & Fire could lay claim to being one of the largest acts in the world, by the end of the Seventies the beat had changed. Disco music took over as the dance-floor music of choice and funk bands either joined the party or disappeared.

It wasn't until the emergence of hip hop that the music was introduced to a younger generation via record producers who sampled the old funk classics. The advancement of music technology also helped a new electro-funk scene develop with a certain Prince Rodgers Nelson leading the way. Pam also examines the often-overlooked female "funkateers", including one of the genre's hidden gems, Betty Davis.

The series features contributions from Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang, Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, P-Funk musicians, Average White Band, Cameo, Clyde "Funky Drummer" Stubblefield, Charles Wright, The Last Poets, Beverley Knight, Matt Fink, Acid Jazz's Eddie Piller and rapper Shock G.

Presenter/Pam Grier, Producer/James Hale for BBC Wales

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/b00x9dg2