When recording the song “Album of the Year #1 Funkateer,” Bootsy Collins had a very specific vibe in mind. “I wanted to give the people what they wanted back in the Seventies: a sense of hope, joy, ...

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Funk jammers Lettuce just released their new album Unify last week via Round Hill Records (order yours), and one of the songs, “Keep That Funk Alive,” features a guest appearance by one of the genre’s ...

The funk bassist and singer from Cincinnati celebrated his 71st birthday on Wednesday, and he chose to laud the occasion in Bootsy Collins-style. Collins announced a collaborative compilation album ...

For nearly two decades, nonprofit Music Will has sought to connect teachers, students and musical opportunities. While the 501(c)(3) organization offers students musical instruments, their work goes ...

“The secret is always learning,” Collins tells American Songwriter. “The secret is never telling somebody how to live. The secret is being open to any and everything that’s possible or impossible.” He ...

A funk legend is set to perform when the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Buffalo Bills for Monday Night Football.The Bengals tweeted Bootsy Collins would perform his song "Fear Da Tiger" at ...

Bootsy Collins remembers growing up in Cincinnati, then-home of R&B powerhouse King Records, and idolizing its biggest star, James Brown. “He really took us off the streets,” Collins said, remembering ...

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.

Bootsy Collins is the ultimate funkateer, which is exactly why world-renowned film composer Lyle Workman did whatever he could to recruit him for the soundtrack of Greg Mottola and Judd Apatow’s cult ...