Description
Dr. Frederick “Rickey” Vincent is author of the award-winning Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of The One (1996), the first definitive treatment of funk music and culture. His address addresses:
- Liberation in the Moment: Other Worlds and Black Liberation (from Soul Train to “Wakanda Forever”)
- The Rhythm Revolution: Liberation, Motion, and Black Identity (JB and The One)
- Transcendence: The Higher Plane of the Funk Groove (Sly and the body/mind/spirit unification)
- The Collective: Tribalism in a Post-Industrial World (Funk blends genres, blends cultures as long as it’s “On the One”)
- The Epic: P-Funk Earth Tour and Beyond (The “super groups” take over)
- More Bounce: Digital Funk and the Search for the Soul in the Machine (From Disco to House to EDM)
- Bring That Beat Back: the Return of the Raw (From LA to DC, the funk band returns)
Publication Date
11-4-2021
City
Dayton, OH
Disciplines
African American Studies | Music | Musicology
Recommended Citation
Vincent, Frederick, "Keynote Address — Funk and Afro Futurism: The Past, Present, and Future of the Funk" (2021). Content Presented at the First and Second Dayton Funk Symposia. 29.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dayton_funk_content/29
Comments
Printed proceedings are available for $6 plus tax and shipping.