Latest about funk
Grace Bowers on moving past the blues guitarist label – and where she’s heading next
Bowers’ blues chops were the gateway to her making a mark on the guitar scene, but her album and live performances show that she’s much more than just a one-genre player
![Three funk guitar maestros [l-r]: Hamish Stuart of Average White Band crouches down to play his Telecaster; Nile Rodgers of Chic gives the audience some love; and Claydes Charles Smith of Kool and the King holds it down with sunglasses on in an archive B/W live shot.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JiG8AhR8Xa2U8sYe6rBRm7-840-80.jpg.webp)
The glitterball guitar heroes of ’70s funk were masters of rhythm guitar – and their techniques will make you a better player
Unpacking the techniques pioneered by the likes of Nile Rodgers, Hamish Stuart and Claydes Charles Smith
Palm-muting is the secret to good funk guitar – here’s how you can use it to funkify chords, double-stops and single notes
Learn the secret ingredient to funk guitar parts that groove and swagger
Blu DeTiger on how she's changing people’s perception of bass players
With her newly released signature guitar with Fender, DeTiger shares her vision for redefining the bass as a leading instrument
How Ella Feingold got working with Bruno Mars – and how it differed from her Prince audition
Feingold had already worked with Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu and Queen Latifah when she got the call from Bruno Mars
Learn 10 funk guitar riffs inspired by James Brown, Prince and Vulfpeck
Pickup Music’s LA-based session ace Jamey Arent is your host for a lesson that’s not only a great introduction to the fundamentals of funk guitar, but could be the inspiration you need to take your funk chops to the next level
Learn the ‘chanking’ funk approach popularized by game-changing James Brown guitarist Jimmy Nolen
You can chank us later for this lesson in an approach that could revolutionise how you execute your rhythm guitar manoeuvres
D'Angelico teams up with funk sensation Giacomo Turra on a '60s-inspired signature model
The Giacomo Turra Bedford SH features an all-new Supro Gold Field pickup that promises to deliver clear, single coil-like tones, with the added boldness of a humbucker
Elusive neo-soul artist D'Angelo flexes his guitar skills on a G&L Superstrat given to him by a music icon in newly discovered interview footage
The rare video finds D'Angelo discussing the essence of funk, his guitar journey and the significance of having Prince collaborator Jesse Johnson as his guitar mentor
