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. William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the founding bassist for the George Clinton-led funk acid rock collective Parliament-Funkadelic has ...

Billy Bass, the founding Parliament-Funkadelic bassist, died Saturday night at the age of 75. P-Funk bandleader George Clinton’s Facebook page confirmed the news over the weekend. “We have now ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...