Seventy-five years ago today, the bassist who helped shape funk music with a series of legendary bands was born in Ohio.

The aptly named explosive Canadian 8-piece collective Five Alarm Funk has been nominated for a 2018 Juno Award by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The group’s 2017 record Sweat is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bootsy Collins defines funk as "making something out of nothing," a philosophy he's always lived. Growing up in Cincinnati in the ...

Bootsy Collins defines funk as "making something out of nothing," a philosophy he's always lived. Growing up in Cincinnati in the 1960s, he idolized his older brother, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, who ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bootsy Collins has been a notable figure not just in Cincinnati but around the world for his work pioneering funk music. After the release of his latest album, "Album of ...

Bootsy Collins and his star-shaped Space Bass rocketed into the funk-soul universe, first with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and later with his own Bootsy’s Rubber Band. He'll be on hand Aug.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Show us a bassist who doesn't have at least a little bit of affection for a late-'60s Fender Jazz and we'll show you a bassist ...

As a member of the Parliament-Funkadelic family and a solo artist in his own right, William “Bootsy” Collins has spent some serious time in the Detroit area — especially at United Sound Studios, where ...