Theodore W. Burgh is a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He has a BA in music from Hampton University, MA in religious studies from Howard University, and MA and PhD in Near Eastern studies from the University of Arizona. His first book, Listening to the Artifacts, received the Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology.

“Theodore W. Burgh gets down into an idea we’ve all had some kind of intuition about: the notion that the sacred and secular elements of black music are branches from the same tree. On pages of revelations braided together with an easygoing tone, this spiritual man explores what it is about the funk that puts that hump in yo’ rump. With in-depth interviews, on-point analysis, and his own personalized musical experiences across the black musical spectrum, Burgh tells us all how to party on the one with ‘The One’!”—Rickey Vincent, author of Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of The One

• Acknowledgements – Introduction – Blues – Jazz – R&B/Soul – Funk – Hip Hop – Gospel – The Extensions – Epilogue – Index.

Theodore W. Burgh is a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He has a BA in music from Hampton University, MA in religious studies from Howard University, and MA and PhD in Near Eastern studies from the University of Arizona. His first book, Listening to the Artifacts, received the Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology.

“Theodore W. Burgh gets down into an idea we’ve all had some kind of intuition about: the notion that the sacred and secular elements of black music are branches from the same tree. On pages of revelations braided together with an easygoing tone, this spiritual man explores what it is about the funk that puts that hump in yo’ rump. With in-depth interviews, on-point analysis, and his own personalized musical experiences across the black musical spectrum, Burgh tells us all how to party on the one with ‘The One’!”—Rickey Vincent, author of Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of The One

• Acknowledgements – Introduction – Blues – Jazz – R&B/Soul – Funk – Hip Hop – Gospel – The Extensions – Epilogue – Index.

Theodore W. Burgh is a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He has a BA in music from Hampton University, MA in religious studies from Howard University, and MA and PhD in Near Eastern studies from the University of Arizona. His first book, Listening to the Artifacts, received the Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology.

“Theodore W. Burgh gets down into an idea we’ve all had some kind of intuition about: the notion that the sacred and secular elements of black music are branches from the same tree. On pages of revelations braided together with an easygoing tone, this spiritual man explores what it is about the funk that puts that hump in yo’ rump. With in-depth interviews, on-point analysis, and his own personalized musical experiences across the black musical spectrum, Burgh tells us all how to party on the one with ‘The One’!”—Rickey Vincent, author of Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of The One

• Acknowledgements – Introduction – Blues – Jazz – R&B/Soul – Funk – Hip Hop – Gospel – The Extensions – Epilogue – Index.