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Funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

commonly refers to a musical style

Funk or Funky may also refer to:
  • Funk (surname)
    Funk (surname)
    Funk is a surname and may refer to:* Aaron Funk, Canadian electronic musician* Alan Funk, American professional wrestler* Annie Clemmer Funk , Mennonite missionary in India, perished with the Titanic* Casimir Funk Funk is a surname and may refer to:* Aaron Funk, Canadian electronic musician* Alan...

    , a family name (includes a list)
  • Funk carioca
    Funk carioca
    Funk carioca , favela funk and, elsewhere in the world, baile funk, is a type of dance music from Rio de Janeiro, derived from Miami bass....

    , known as funk in Brazil, musical genre
  • Funky (singer), a Hip-hop, and rap Christian contemporary music singer
  • Funk art
    Funk art
    Funk art is an art movement inspired by popular culture that used an unlikely mixture of materials and techniques, including found objects. It was a reaction against the nonobjectivity of abstract expressionism. The movement’s name is derived from the musical term ‘funky’, describing the...

    , a figurative art movement from the 1950s and 1960s
  • Funk B
    Funk B
    |-References:* John Andrade, U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909, Midland Counties Publications, 1979, ISBN 0 904597 22 9 * Simpson, Rod, Airlife's World Aircraft, 2001, Airlife Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-84037-115-3...

    , a 1930s aircraft made by the Funk Aircraft Company
  • Funk styles, styles of dance primarily danced to funk music
  • Funk (Glee)
    Funk (Glee)
    "Funk" is the 21st episode of the American television series Glee. The episode was written by series creator Ian Brennan and directed by Elodie Keene. It premiered on the Fox network on June 1, 2010 and was watched by 9 million viewers. In "Funk", New Directions is intimidated by rival glee club...

    , a TV series episode
  • Funk Island
    Funk Island
    Funk Island is a small, barren, isolated, uninhabited island approximately northeast of Wesleyville, Newfoundland, Canada.-Geography:The island is roughly trapezoidal in shape, with a maximum length of 0.8 km and a maximum width of 0.3 km and is nearly flat, rising 14 m out of the North...

    , Newfoundland, Canada
  • Funk, Nebraska
    Funk, Nebraska
    Funk is a village in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 204 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Funk is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

    , United States
  • Funk, Ohio
    Funk, Ohio
    Funk is an unincorporated community in southwestern Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio, United States. Because it is not tracked by the U.S. Census, a Census population estimate is not available....

    , United States
  • Funk (album)
    Funk (album)
    Funk is an album released in 2002 by Korean pop rock band Bulldog Mansion. It is most notable for featuring the song "Happy Birthday to Me," which was used in the SamBakZa Flash cartoon "There she is!! Step 2 -- Cake Dance".-Track listing:...

    , 2002, by Bulldog Mansion
  • Funky (album), by the Spencer Davis Group
  • "F.U.N.K.
    F.U.N.K.
    -Background:On September 14, 2007, Prince announced that he was going to sue YouTube and eBay because they "appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorized music and film content which is core to their business success." A representative told Reuters, "The problem is that one can reduce it to...

    ", a 2007 song by Prince
  • FUNK, Front Uni National du Kampuchéa or National United Front of Kampuchea
    National United Front of Kampuchea
    The Front uni national du Kampuchéa, also called Front uni national khmer , often abbreviated as FUNK, was an organisation formed by the deposed King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 while he was in exile in Beijing.-History:The front was supposed to be an umbrella organization of forces that...

    , a coalition of Sihanoukists and the Khmer Rouge

See also

  • Funke
    Funke
    Funke is a family name of German origin. Its literal meaning is "spark".-People:* Arno Funke* Cornelia Funke , German author of children's books* Joachim Funke , German professor of psychology...

  • Funck
  • Funcke
    Funcke
    Funcke is the family name of:*Liselotte Funcke , German politician*Oscar Funcke , German politician*Ross Funcke , former Australian rules footballer*Richard Funcke , United States Navy...

  • Funk & Wagnalls, a New York City publisher
  • Fun 9
    Fun 9
    -Track listing:# "Gently Waves" - 1:50# "Plash" - 4:11# "Flow in a Tide" - 3:42# "Fantastic Voyage" - 4:56# "Tiger" - 4:46# "Shh Song" - 1:52# "Spin Spider Spin" - 2:56# "Flash" - 1:21# "Fun 9 " - 0:09# "Soft Graffiti" - 4:58...

    , a 1999 album by Takako Minekawa, pronounced funk when 9 is spoken in Japanese
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