Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott “DR GX” Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm.
Featured in TIR Episode 321 (2 parts): Funk, rock and soul singer and author Dawn Silva, whose incredible musical journey spans Sly Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic and the GAP Band. In addition to legendary concert tours, those associations included monumental projects like Sly’s High on You, Parliament’s Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome and Motor-Booty Affair, GAP Band IV, and many others.
A founding member of P-Funk offshoot the Brides of Funkenstein, in 2000 she released her acclaimed solo album, All My Funky Friends, and later showed off her range performing with the Platters.
Since 2022, she has been riding the high and success of her autobiography, aptly titled “The Funk Queen.” Just like its central character, it’s an amazing, one-of-a-kind book in both content and format that spans her fascinating family heritage through decades of funk’s most vital works, all brought to vivid life through a massive, hardcover edition featuring hundreds of often astounding photographs. Here she covers all that, plus what to expect in 2024.
RECORDED DECEMBER 2023