Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bootsy Collins - Credit: Joseph Ross* When recording the song "Album of the Year #1 Funkateer," Bootsy Collins had a very specific ...

The word “legend” gets overused, but make no mistake, Bootsy Collins is a legend. He cut his teeth playing bass for James Brown as a teenager. You know the bass riff on “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) ...

With a new album arriving, why everyone from the biggest fans to Kamala Harris is calling for a brighter light on Bootzilla. By Steve Knopper Bootsy Collins‘ endless alter-egos — Boot-Tron, Zillatron, ...

Bootsy Collins defines funk as "making something out of nothing," a philosophy he's always lived. Growing up in Cincinnati in the 1960s, he idolized his older brother, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bootsy Collins defines funk as "making something out of nothing," a philosophy he's always lived. Growing up in Cincinnati in the ...

Bass legend and funk pioneer Bootsy Collins’ guest selects a few favorite songs, including one from his new LP “Album Of The Year #1 Funkateer.” Bass legend and funk pioneer Bootsy Collins’ guest ...

Cincinnati’s favorite funkateer Bootsy Collins is releasing a new studio album ahead of his 73rd birthday. “With Collins’ bulging low end and the heavy rhythms he and his bandmates keep ‘on the one,’ ...

Spring is shaping up to be a wild ride for music lovers. It’s not just about big names dropping new albums—it’s about artists showing up with something to say. Next month, the iconic Bootsy Collins is ...

If you were to find some mysterious, enticing doorway—maybe it shows itself along a path somewhere you’ve taken a million times before—would you open it and walk through? And if you did, as you ...

In his 74 years on this planet, funk bass hero Bootsy Collins has survived James Brown's frivolous fines, kept it on the one with George Clinton in Parliament and Funkadelic, and, as a solo artist, ...

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, ...