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 ...

They’re bringing the funk to Brooklyn during your lunch hour. Legendary Sly and the Family Stone musician Larry Graham — the grand-daddy of the slap-bass technique who gave rise to a whole genre of ...

How do you make a bass line funky? Bassist Nik West gives Arthur L.A. Buckner a lesson. What are the ingredients of a funky bass line? Arthur L.A. Buckner gets a lesson from bassist Nik West and talks ...

Joe Dart and Sterling By Music Man have teamed up for a very special signature bass guitar that shares all the look and vibe of the Vulpeck bassist’s Ernie Ball Music Man high-end four-strings and yet ...

Young shakes hands with a student at Starting Gate before returning home to Sacramento. The bass player for 'Con Funk Shun' visited the Vallejo school Friday morning. (Rich Freedman--Times-Herald) ...

Known for its daring boldness in the world of Swiss watches, H. Moser & Cie (a relatively young brand with long-reaching roots), recently unveiled watches with incredibly impressive dial colors, ...

The Sponges bring their electrifying West Coast heavy funky bass sound to Toronto for the first time on Saturday, December 14th, at the underground Geary St. Warehouse Space. If you're a fan of ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

If the ultimate accolade for a musician is to have your own GarageBand/Logic Pro Producer Pack - and who’s to say that it isn’t? - then Cory Wong, the hardest working man in guitar-based funk, has ...

Philadelphia's Best Of The Bass, Part 1 includes WRTI's 8 favorite bebop and hard bop players. The list of some of the most impactful bass players to have come out of Philadelphia continues with this ...