By Bob Karlovits, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jun. 13--Maceo Parker looks at events such as the Three Rivers Arts Festival as a way of getting away from the serious side of life. He has the material to do that.

DETROIT _ When it comes to the dance music charts, Detroit native Quentin Harris seems to have wrapped things up. Harris, who is in mid-30s, lives in New York and is an integral figure in the house music scene.

By TAMARA McCLARAN George Clinton is considered one of the greatest innovators of funk music. His band, Parliament Funkadelic, is a collective defined by their trademark P-Funk sound. Between 1967 and 1983, Clinton and his group had 13 Top 10 hits, including six No. 1 hits on the U.S.

By John Ziegler, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. May 1--Slick is a double-edged word that can describe a group that is tight, well-rehearsed and in-the-pocket -- or a group that is overly commercial, bland and unimaginative. The first fits the new release from The Very People, a six-piece Duluth band.

By Aref Omar; Vimala Seneviratne THE children of well-known local musicians, these young guns are also making people sit up for their independent rhythms, write AREF OMAR and VIMALA SENEVIRATNE.