Ava Van Valen sat down with Bedrosian at the Word of South Festival to talk about his own musical journey, as we celebrate of 70 years of P-Funk.

From the beginning, Prince had an inkling that Purple Rain’s landmark single would be better without bass guitar ...

Twelve-year-old bass virtuoso Ellen Alaverdyan (better known as @ellenplaysbass on Instagram and YouTube) looks nervous as ...

Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's ...

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...

Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ‘70s golden age when songs from groups like the Ohio Players and Parliament ... propulsive bass lines and fiery horn sections that seemed to ...

“Funk just makes you stop thinking,” Bootsy Collins told Bass Player. “You go in that zone and it’s almost like an explosive, meditative state of mind, where there’s nothing there but ...

The father of flamenco-style bass that slaps and taps in its own quirky ... It was delightfully strange, funky and presented in a way that let it be known these guys know how to have fun.

‘What’s your name?’ He wanted to know everyone’s name.” “With bass players,” Ridge continued, “You don’t want to be the star. You’re the foundation. You know that’s what you ...