Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

SPRINGFIELD — With hands large enough to crush a bear’s skull, a guy like Larry Humphrey isn’t supposed to act giddy. Maybe giddy isn’t a cool enough word to describe what just transpired in his ...

The first time I heard the name Deans On Bass, I assumed it was a group made up entirely of bass players. Seriously. As is often the case, it turns out I was mistaken. DOB is, quite simply, a band ...

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.