Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Bass ...

For the past few years, 10-year-old Ellen Alaverdyan has charmed millions of viewers with her phenomenal, funky bass playing and her infectious smile. Fostered by her father Hovak, also a musician, ...

Before Bootsy Collins helped usher in the era of funk, he played bass for James Brown and George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic. Now he's back with a new album called "Tha Funk Capital of The World." ...

Joe Dart and Sterling By Music Man have teamed up for a very special signature bass guitar that shares all the look and vibe of the Vulpeck bassist’s Ernie Ball Music Man high-end four-strings and yet ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

As funk music evolved in 1969, the genre continued its blend of R&B, soul, jazz, and blues. But instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic ...

Billy "Bass" Nelson, the founding bassist of Funkadelic, passed away at the age of 75 in Plainfield. Nelson's distinctive bass playing was a cornerstone of Parliament-Funkadelic's early, ...

Tower of Power's bassist Rocco Prestia has died at the age of 69. The hugely influential fingerstyle funk musician had been battling various illnesses during the last 19 years and in 2014 he underwent ...

Billy “Bass” Nelson of Plainfield, the founding bassist of Funkadelic who helped change the rhythm of music, passed away Jan. 26 at his residence in Plainfield. He was 75. “His raw and edgy playing ...