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.

Three days after celebrating his 75th birthday, Billy Bass Nelson, a bassist and guitarist for the groups Parliament and ...

Billy Bass, the founding bassist for Parliament – Funkadelic whose real name was William Nelson, Jr., died on Saturday. The Facebook account for that group’s frontman, George Clinton, announced the ...

In a few days Paste will stake its claim on who the “greatest guitarist of all time” is, but first we have to talk about the ...

A new program is offering traditional Portuguese fado guitar lessons with world-famous performer Ricardo Parreira. Here's how ...

SYRACUSE — From the time he was a little kid playing Guitar Hero at his house in Dix Hills, Long Island, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer knew he wanted to be, well, a genuine guitar hero. And at 22, with his ...

Black guitarists have played a foundational role in shaping modern music, from the birth of the blues to the rise of rock, jazz, and funk. Early innovators like Henry Sloan and Lonnie Johnson helped ...

"I'm not exactly a straight arrow..." Freestyle Digital Media has revealed the first official trailer for Guitar Lessons, an indie dramedy from Canada created by filmmaker Aaron James. Even though ...

An old friend called to ask if I would be interested in stopping by his house to do some jamming. To be honest, I had not gotten together with anyone in a long time to just jam. To get together and ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has donated and signed a guitar in support of Gift A Guitar, a new charity initiative to provide underserved youth with guitars and music lessons.

Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a genius ...

Online guitar lesson platform Til has revealed they’ve added a trio of artists from the worlds of rock, funk and punk to their roster. Til, who provide tutors from around the world for group video ...