The Meters News

Two iconic names in New Orleans music, the Neville Brothers and Dr. John , come to Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater for a concert on Wednesday, February 17.

Leo Nocentelli has confirmed his New Year's plans. The Meters guitarist will perform shows with his aptly named The Meters' Experience at Denver's Quixotes on December 30 and 31.

The Staxx Brothers :: 11.19.09 :: Moe's Alley :: Santa Cruz, CA In funk music we find a pronounced commingling of elements, where rock, jazz and R&B bump uglies, moistened with soulful lubrication and powered by a church-like need to get folks onto their feet and out of their constrictions.

Tempe locals Black Carl come to the Rhythm Room in support of their debut album "Borrowed." This indie/funk/soul bands first self-titled EP reached number one on ASU's college radio station.

After winning multiple Turtle Boy awards this past September including best Funk/Soul and Live act, Holmes frontman/guitarist Steve Snuffer told Worcester Mag that his band would love to open for the Meters one day.

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In the early 1990s, two brothers and some friends in Munich formed the Poets of Rhythm, a band inspired by the "deep funk" sound of late-1960s James Brown, The Meters and similar groups.

Series: Subtitle: Program Type: Music Featured Speakers/Commentators: Dj Rhapsody Summary: I Get High on The Funk! Started the show off with Isley Bros.

With Gov't Mule, you know what you're gonna get. Massive riffs, infectious grooves, and a ton of swagger accompany every Mule release, and By A Thread, the band's latest album released October 27 on Evil Teen Records, does not deviate from that trend.

Hey Folks, Coop radio membership drive, gotta do it. Gotta love alternative radio.

If you go to Tufts, I feel that I can safely assume you've had a pretty crappy week.

Back in 1997, hip-hop DJ and producer Miles Tackett invited fellow DJs, musicians and MCs to jam at a weekly Los Feliz party, "The Breaks." "That's all the DJs were playing ... rare groove, funk breaks, sample source stuff," Tackett says.

If you unknowingly stumbled upon a set by The Ramirez Brothers in one of the Tel Aviv area clubs they regularly perform in, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were a '70s-obssessed, hairy, American power-funk trio who had been mysteriously transported across the world from a sweaty bar in Texas.

George Porter Jr. performs with his Runnin' Pardners at Vulcan AfterTunes in Birmingham, Ala.'s Vulcan Park on Sept.

The youngest of New Orleans' first family of funk, Cyril Neville released his fourth solo album, Brand New Blues , in April 2009.

If you've tuned in the past couple of weeks, you've heard those hit-me-on-the-one beats of Funkadelic, The Meters and Gil Scott-Heron from Adam Gold's Funk Show replaced by the nationally syndicated Charleston, W. Va-based Mountain Stage .

Get ready to unfold a chair or spread a blanket. It's nearly time for Vulcan AfterTunes, an outdoor concert series that's celebrating its fifth year at Birmingham's Vulcan Park and Museum, 1701 Valley View Drive.

Q: Where did you find the funk heard in your music? A: I got it from two sides. The first was the pursuit of playing guitar and learning the Delta blues.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary with a soirA©e that emphasized local flavor and paid homage to those who performed at the inaugural event.

In 2001, not long before Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings set the world on fire with its update of James Brown-styled funk, a group of Iowa City jazzbos was squeezing out its own take on '60s-era instrumental soul.