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 ...

Slap bass has come a long way since Larry Graham first championed the style in the 1970s. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then ...

There is a lot of love for Vulfpeck's Joe Dart around these parts. Few contemporary players can pick up the bass guitar and access that sense of funk and groove so readily. He is a natural. So who ...

It’s always fun to footage of artists when they were young and embarrassing, before they became the performers we all know and love. It’s a nice reminder that once upon a time, most, if not all, of us ...

4 Extra Debut. Mitch Benn investigates the slap bass technique which became the engine of funk – gearing up for a live performance. From 2011. Show more The low, rootsy twang prevalent in funk music ...

BASS EXPO 2013: You'd be amazed how many different tones you coax from a standard amp just by manipulating the bass, mid and treble controls. In the final installment ...

For some music critics the word "slap" paints a picture of indulgent bass guitar solos and dodgy disco clothing. A Radio 4 documentary, Spank the Plank looks to rehabilitate a technique, which can ...

Bright Eyes' tenth album Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was marks the end of nearly a decade of almost complete inactivity from the trio. It's a significant return. The band were prolific ...

Muse have told NME.COM that their new album ‘The Resistance’ will feature slap bass. Once a staple of ’80s funk rock, slap bass has since been frowned upon by many, save for its prominence in the TV ...

The Vulfpeck virtuoso walks through his Flea-inspired technique, talks dead notes, the importance of “thinking of yourself like a drummer” in this taster of his new Bass 301 lecture series When you ...

For some music critics the word "slap" paints a picture of indulgent bass guitar solos and dodgy disco clothing. A Radio 4 documentary, Spank the Plank looks to rehabilitate a technique, which can ...