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 ...

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Larry Graham wasn’t looking to change the popular music world when he stumbled across a unique way of playing the bass guitar. He was simply trying to fill a musical void created when an instrument he ...

Music lovers are aware of Cincinnati’s great funk tradition, starting with James Brown’s recordings at King Records and later his work with back-up band The JB’s, featuring Bootsy Collins. In the ’70s ...