Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nick Daniels III, renowned bassist and vocalist of the New Orleans-based funk band Dumpstaphunk, has died. He was 68. Daniels was battling multiple myeloma. The band posted ...

As bassist and vocalist for New Orleans legends The Meters in the ‘60s and ‘70s, George Porter Jr.’s fat grooves not only helped shape the sound of New Orleans but pioneered the genre that would come ...

The well-versed bassist points his musical success toward the jazz luminary Mulgrew Miller, whom Goods worked alongside for nearly a decade on tour and in the studio. Goods' two solo projects with his ...

Get ready for some funk! Bassist Kern Brantley and his band D-Town Funk gave us a preview of their upcoming performance. They're part of "Zapp Band Honoring Bootsy Collins" on August 8 at the Music ...

Bootsy Collins and his star-shaped Space Bass rocketed into the funk-soul universe, first with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and later with his own Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He'll be on hand Aug.

For Bootsy Collins, a show in Detroit isn’t just another gig. Any time the groundbreaking bassist visits the Motor City — as he’ll do Friday, Aug. 8, for a Music Hall tribute concert — he is back in ...