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Sly Stone Marks Return With Star-Studded 'I'm Back! Family & Friends' Album

'I'm Back!' -- Fans have been waiting nearly 30 years for soul sensation Sly Stone to make such a proclamation, and it happened today, with news of 'I'm Back! Family & Friends,' due out August 16. ... Read More »

George Clinton Recalls Time-Altering UFO Encounter

George Clinton is to give a talk at the British Library about his obsession with space on Saturday, June 18. ... Read More »

Bootsy Collins Remembers the 'Highs' and Lows of James Brown and George Clinton

Bootsy's back, baby! Bootsy Collins, the most rubbery bassist alive, releases his "musical biography," 'Tha Funk Capital of the World,' on April 26. ... Read More »

Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Guitarist for Parliament and James Brown, Dead at 66

Legendary funk guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins died on Aug. 6 in Cincinnati after a long battle with cancer, according to Rolling Stone. He was 66. ... Read More »

Garry Shider, Parliament-Funkadelic Guitarist, Dead at 56

When George Clinton's twin-engine funk machine Parliament-Funkadelic was inducted into the Rock and ... Read More »

Floating Action Interview: SXSW 2010

Seth Kauffman, frontman of the North Carolina entourage Floating Action, recently spoke with Spinner ... Read More »

George Clinton's Son Dies From Liver Disease

Funk mastermind George Clinton is in mourning over not one but three big losses in recent months. ... Read More »

Bootsy Collins Planning James Brown Tribute Tour + More

Bootsy Collins is launching a tour, dubbed 'A Tribute to James Brown,' with alumni from Brown's ... Read More »

20 Killer B-Sides: No. 1

'Groove Is in the Heart' --Deee-Lite (1990) Despite the presence of Q-Tip and Bootsy Collins, this ... Read More »