Funk Is Its Own Reward
$63.75
- Hardcover
704 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
An intimate, definitive exploration of Funk, the sound of a generation, that tells its stories, its triumphs and excesses.
From 1968 to 1978; from ‘Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud’ to Off The Wall; from the Third Harlem Cultural Festival to the P-Funk Earth Tour: Funk Is Its Own Reward plots the journey of an African American cultural movement that was always about far more than simply music.
With roots in the poetry, art, theatre, inte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472123411 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472123417 |
| Author: | Lloyd Bradley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 900g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 58mm |
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*****
Bradley’s magnum opus tracks funk’s journey from James Brown’s ‘Say It Loud - I’m Black And I’m Proud’… in 1968 to Funkadelic’s ‘One Nation Under A Groove’ a decade later
About The Author
Lloyd Bradley
Lloyd Bradley is one of the UK’s leading experts on modern black music. He has worked as a music journalist for over thirty years and is the author of the bestselling Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King and the internationally acclaimed Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital. He splits his time between London and Florida.
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