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With Rusted Root Opening at the KOTO Doo-Dah GROOVIEW TELLURIDE - " Prepare to party like it's 2012 when the Mothership lands in Telluride's Town Park on Saturday night! Yes, KOTO Community Radio is pulling out the stops for the annual Doo-Dah, with George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic set to warp in and captivate the entire town.

Add some hard rock with a spoonful of funk, a sprinkle of hip-hop and droves of music lovers and you have tonight's Common Ground Music Festival in downtown Lansing.

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It started out as a way to get paid and became a way to keep dancing. They called it Funktion.

For the first time ever, the growing Urbana community and its local library are teaming together to showcase well-known and talented entertainers in a free, all-day music event.

UPDATED 7:01 PM - George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic will be doing a "Whole Lotta Shakin'" and may even "Get Down Like James Brown" at this year's Common Ground Festival.

We All Have a Soundtrack to Our Lives and This is Mine If music provides the soundtrack to our lives then mine has no prevailing theme that I can discern.

Houston, June 15, 2009 a ' ZIN, hip-hop artist, radio personality and activist, will release his highly anticipated album, Mental Graffiti on Trickle Down Entertainment, on Friday, June 26th.

Jazz Direct Records Thanks, as ever, to Google, it's possible to say with near certainty that British saxophonist James Tartaglia, leader of this electric funk-jazz ensemble, is the same person as Keele University lecturer in philosophy James Tartaglia, which raises an interesting question: what is the link between philosophy and funk? This is not ...

In late December, Rolling Stone named TV on the Radio 's latest disc, Dear Science , the best album of 2008.

The Punk Funk Mob's PR describes their sound as "the Ramones meets Funkadelic with Betty Davis on vocals." If they come close to attaining even a tenth of that in their debut Yoshi's performance June 15, it will be all gravy, baby.

Freekbass: Bootsy, is that you? Whoa, sorry, we were just having a serious flashback to the days of Bootsy Collins and Parliament Funkadelic.

During the summer months, the narrow isthmus of sand called Dewey Beach roars with the sound of major-label bands, indie sensations and serious amateurs.

An outlandish, in-your-face stage presence, a strange sense of humor, and a hard-driving funk sound that criss-crossed a few musical boundaries earned Cameo countless comparisons to Parliament/Funkadelic in their early days.

But this was the beginning of their second wind - and it's not often that bands get a second wind two hours into a 31 2-hour set.

The catalyst was always rebellion. From the time George Clinton merged his Parliament and Funkadelic bands into a single, massive conglomerate, he knew the grooves his fans would flock to would be the ones their parents actively avoided.

Chicago's Cave have returned with their distinct blend of momentum rock and it is, fittingly, their most fully realized disc yet.

Greg Boyer's recall is astonishing. He still remembers the exact date of his first professional gig as a part of Parliament Funkadelic - - March 9, 1978.

Heads Up International Let's get something straight. Candy Dulfer is not a jazz saxophonist.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET. May 4, 2009 - Detroit in the late 1960s was a hotbed of talent, from the rock groups playing the Grande Ballroom to the soul talent vying for a deal with Motown, to numerous jazz groups at lounges all over town.