Funk

Take a funky trip back in time with one of Dayton, Ohio’s most popular musical acts, Zapp and Roger.

Dayton has a lot of funk festivities going on this fall, and the first of those events was the renaming of a downtown street.

The first family of Dayton Funk is celebrated on Salem Avenue.

Influential Dayton funk outfit Zapp is making a rare concert appearance in their hometown this weekend at the Schuster Center. WYSO's Niki Dakota, joined…

Dayton, Ohio – the birthplace of Funk Music will celebrate the opening of the Funk Center and Museum on Friday. Funk music started flowing out of Dayton…

Music fans are celebrating the official opening of the Funk Music Hall of Fame in downtown Dayton. The highly anticipated museum celebrates funk music and…

Many across our region are mourning the loss of one of Dayton’s most influential funk-music pioneers. Walter "Junie" Morrison was one of the original…

Behind the Groove host Radio Basim and Funk Center exhibit coordinator Hadley Drodge join WYSO Music Director Niki Dakota in the studio to talk about…

Funk legend Greg Jackson will return to the Miami Valley for a live performance at Gilly's. Behind the Groove host Radio Basim caught up with Jackson…

A group of Dayton residents is hoping to create a hall of fame for funk music in the southwestern Ohio city by collecting $10 donations from 10 million…

Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died in southwest Ohio. He was 69.A spokeswoman for a…

Full episode of WYSO Weekend for August 5, 2012 including the following stories:-Boogie Nights: A History Of Funk In Dayton, by Community Voices producer…