George Clinton, Heart, Lucinda Williams and Take 6 have been added to the list of performers for the Recording Academy and ...

George Clinton is in his mid-80s, but his goal remains to "Just Sing." He and Parliament-Funkadelic have been tapped to take ...

Funk legend George Clinton isn't slowing down anytime soon. At 84, the pioneering force behind Parliament-Funkadelic is still ...

The Mothership will officially land at the Detroit Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 31, when funk god and godfather of modern hip hop George Clinton will helm a one-night-only performance celebrating 50 ...

George Clinton, the Day-Glo pied piper of funk, the psychedelic captain of the mothership that landed on the charts in the '70s and '80s with "Atomic Dog," "Flash Light" and "Do Fries Go with That ...

Clinton began his music career as a teen when he formed The Parliaments. In the early '70s, he put together Funkadelic, whose Mothership Connection album dropped in 1975. Originally broadcast in 1989.

Watergate had shaken the nation. Gerald Ford was completing the third year of what would have been Richard Nixon’s second presidential term, had he not resigned in disgrace. The Vietnam War was ...

George Clinton and company performs as part of “Symphonic PFunk: Celebrating The Music of Parliament Funkadelic” at Detroit Opera on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2026. Credit: Kahn Santori Davison Everything ...

"Symphonic P-Funk” felt authentic and well-meaning. It was a fun, unconventional, triumphant way to celebrate Clinton and his legacy in Detroit. Adding to the occasion were several high-profile guests ...

“Symphonic PFunk: Celebrating the Music of Parliament Funkadelic" will take over the Detroit Opera House on Jan. 31. The concert will cap three days of George Clinton celebration in Detroit. Other ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, Professor of Television Studies at Rowan University. If funk began with James Brown, it was George Clinton who was responsible for many of the innovations in ...