Whether they used one, two, or all three of the Stubblefield loops, each of our finalists injected their own sound, feel, and funk into their work. There’s the funky guitar instrumental with a hint of ...

The post Meet Joel Van Dijk, Winner of the Who’s Got the Funk? Contest appeared first on Consequence. Earlier this year, Consequence, Modern Drummer, and Yurt Rock teamed up in a quest to find the ...

Grammy-nominated Boston funk band Lettuce will bring its distinctive vintage sound to The Refinery’s outdoor amphitheater July 3. English roots reggae act Steel Pulse will join the high-powered ...

The Tool song "Schism" recently brought out a professional funk drummer's impressive improv chops after he heard the prog-rock track for the very first time. On the fly, he does an in-the-pocket drum ...

Masters of Groove will bring their old school soul jazz to the Summer of Jazz at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, at Two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs. Masters of Groove features an all-star jazz funk ...

Michael Beard, a drummer from Columbus, Ohio, passed away on August 25. He performed with the band from 1974 to 1985 on tracks like "Shake Your Rump to the Funk." After his time with the Bar-Kays, ...

What David Byrne and his band brought to the stage Sunday night during his monumental set at the Ryman was something more than funky, good-time music, though we certainly felt the funk and had a great ...

The Dayton area is home to one of the best drummers in history, but we already knew that. Funk music pioneer James "Diamond" Williams has made "Rolling Stone" magazine's "100 Greatest Drummers of All ...

As The New York Times reports, veteran jazz and funk drummer Alphonse Mouzon died on Sunday at his Los Angeles home at the age of 68. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. Mouzon was diagnosed with ...

After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When Beard was a young man, he was recruited by the Bar-Kays while ...