Damon Riddick, also known as Dam-Funk, will be performing today as part of Campus Events Commission’s free concert series. Riddick, an L.A.-based modern funk musician, spoke to Daily Bruin’s Marjorie ...

Modern funk artist and producer XL Middleton remembers vividly the first day he visited Long Beach. He was 11 years old and his father took him out on a weekend drive. “Where do you want to go, son?” ...

For those of a certain age, the words “funk music” bring to mind some of the great acts of the 20th century’s second half. James Brown. Sly and the Family Stone. Ohio Players. The Isley Brothers.

*Grammy-winning artist, singer, songwriter, and producer Jody Watley keeps it moving with a new “EVERLASTING” remix. The final in the installment is The DāM-FunK Remix. DāM-FunK is a critically ...

Back in the 1990s, the “G-Funk” sound popularized by West Coast rappers was all the rage. And while the MCs may have gotten all the adulation, session players like keyboardist/synth man Damon Riddick ...

Dâm-Funk's on a mission: to preserve and promote the funk. Though the man born Damon Riddick has an undying devotion and innovative take on the music that could have earned his alter-ego his own ...

Damon Riddick could never be accused of self-interest or existing simply to further his own career. The community-minded Los Angeles producer/musician/vocalist known as Dam-Funk (sometimes stylised as ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...

Funk may be having a moment, but LA producer Dam-Funk has been keeping its flame burning for years. He explains why boogie beats will always endure When you first meet Dam-Funk it takes a few minutes ...