Parliament’s “Mothership Connection,” released 50 years ago this month, was a rococo musical milestone that bridged funk’s ...

This is FRESH AIR. George Clinton is the leader of two groundbreaking funk bands, Parliament and Funkadelic. As the writer, producer and performer behind numerous hits, Clinton helped define the sound ...

Hector Garcia grew up in Los Angeles, raised on the sounds of funk music. He memorized the hip slang and lyrics of funk legend George Clinton, founder of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective along ...

*On this day in 1975, Parliament blasted “Mothership Connection” into the stratosphere, and the intergalactic-themed concept album boldly carried the liberation-through-funk banner where not even ...

To audience chants of “we want the funk; we gotta have that funk,” George “Dr. Funkenstein” Clinton received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star, the 2769th, is located at 6752 Hollywood ...