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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of Danish musician Ida Nielsen. Mark King, lead singer and bassist of the band Level 42. Photo of Victor WOOTEN. American ...

Videos by American Songwriter The track features alternative singer Kid Brunswick rapping over a funky, slap bass line, a style that Gray developed as a kid, paired with gothy, Deftones-sounding ...

Tindersticks have shared another song/video from their upcoming LP/film project The Waiting Room. “Were We Once Lovers?” is groovy, something not usually associated with Tindersticks, featuring some ...

What is it? The most reviled totem of 1980s musicianship ever, and the most virtuosic expression of bass guitar playing. But is the disgust warranted? Or are we just hating on bass players for wanting ...

Hello Thomas! Where are you right now? I'm in Seoul, South Korea. Are you a Seoul man? (1) Ha, yes, definitely. We arrived yesterday but what I see I like so far. It's our first time here and first ...

In 1982, Flea, born Michael Balzary, co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Los Angeles, California. His bass playing is equal parts funk, jazz, rock, and punk. He grew up playing trumpet while ...

It’s always fun to footage of artists when they were young and embarrassing, before they became the performers we all know and love. It’s a nice reminder that once upon a time, most, if not all, of us ...

I used to hate Brian Eno for a number of reasons—his pretentiousness, his association with Bryan Ferry—but what provoked my wrath more than anything else was his overproduced, sterile, and amazingly ...