Threefer Thursday: Symphonic PFunk at the Detroit Opera House Funk is a style of music that can move you to the core of your being if you let it. It’s got groove, it’s musically sophisticated, it feels good, and it embodies a certain kind of musical hope for the future. James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis invented modern funk music with 1967’s "Cold Sweat." Later, Bootsy Collins joined the James Brown band and Brown introduced him to the concept of… https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/threefer-thursday-symphonic-pfunk-at-the-detroit-opera-house