Funk (disambiguation)

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Funk is a family name:

• Funk (surname)
• Funke (surname)

Funk is an American musical style.

Funk may also refer to:

• Funk art, a figurative art movement from the 1950s and 1960s
• Funk styles, styles of dance primarily danced to funk music
• Funk Island, Newfoundland, Canada
• Funk, Nebraska, United States
• Funk, Ohio, United States
• Funk & Wagnalls, a New York City publisher
• FUNK, the Front Uni National du Kampuchea, a political coalition in the Cambodian Civil War
• Funk - Slang for Odor/Odour

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A musical style:

• Brit funk, mixing elements of jazz and pop with funk
• Funkcore, a fusion of American-styled hardcore punk and funk
• Funk-rock, a fusion of funk and rock
• Funk metal, a fusion of funk and metal
• Jazz-funk, a sub-genre of jazz
• Liquid funk, style of drum and bass
• P-Funk, a musical genre associated with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Funk Carioca, a type of dance music from Rio de Janeiro, derived from Miami Bass
• Minneapolis sound, a form of Funk-Rock fusioned with Pop, R&B and primarily, New Wave. It was masterminded by Prince in the late 70's and early 80's.

A musical group:

• The Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians
• Grand Funk Railroad, American power trio band, also known as Grand Funk
• Mind Funk, funk metal band
• Instant Funk, 1970s disco band

An album:

• Funk (Bulldog Mansion album), a 2002 album by Bulldog Mansion
• Funk (Lenny Kravitz album), a 2008 album by Lenny Kravitz
• Fun 9, a 1999 album by Takako Minekawa, pronounced funk when 9 is spoken in Japanese