Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Bass, born William Nelson, Jr., and the founding bassist of Parliament–Funkadelic, died on Saturday, February 1, at 75.

Not very many of the 1970s' biggest bands are still active, let alone with the same lineup they had in their heyday. Yet some original members are still alive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three-time Grammy winner and Tony Award-winning performer Dee Dee Bridgewater has turned 76, continuing a music career that has ...

The Bronx Zoo's Holiday of Lights festival is surely to be a "Celebration" this year as Kool & the Gang's 1980 chart-topping hit has been tapped as the official soundtrack of the event, which runs ...

For those of a certain age, the words “funk music” bring to mind some of the great acts of the 20th century’s second half. James Brown. Sly and the Family Stone. Ohio Players. The Isley Brothers.

Denver funk band Wild Love Tigress formed when the world was about to end…or so people thought. It was 2012, and many were grappling with how the Mayan Long Count calendar ended on December 21; in ...

Billy Bass, born William Nelson, Jr., and the founding bassist of Parliament–Funkadelic, died on Saturday, February 1, at 75. Nelson was instrumental in transitioning the Parliaments from a doo-wop ...