The Meters tribe had a meet up in Washington, D.C. this week when the Funky Meters pulled into The Hamilton, but this time with a twist. Meters’ founding member Art “Poppa Funk” Neville is on the mend ...

The founding fathers of funk are stretching out in a Big Easy kind of way as George Porter, David Russell Batiste and Brian Stoltz of the Funky Meters bring their funky jam to Vail today. “It’s a new ...

Funk predates rock ’n’ roll. The highly syncopated form can be traced back to 1953, when jazz pianist Horace Silver began recording original songs such as “Opus de Funk” for Blue Note Records. With ...

Formed during an informal jam during the 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Art Neville, George Porter Jr., and Russell Batiste Jr., founded what would be the core of the funky METERS. The ...

Leo Nocentelli, featuring the sounds of the world-famous funk band, the Meters, will highlight the upcoming Funky Uncle-sponsored series during the 2023 Jazz Fest at Zony Mash Beer Project. for this ...

Were you SEEN at Alive at Five watching The Funky Meters, with opening act Wurliday on Thursday July 13, 2017 in Albany, NY? Were you SEEN at Alive at Five watching The Funky Meters, with opening act ...

Living in the Bay Area means that strolling into a bar, cafe or restaurant can offer an unwitting encounter with musical genius. It’s not unusual to discover an illustrious player performing in an ...

The Meters were straight-up one of the funkiest bands ever. Put them next to James Brown, Fela, or any other groove scientists. The Meters had a New Orleans feel to their slinky guitar-and-organ sound ...

Art Neville will lead a revamped version of the Funky Meters at the House of Blues on Saturday, the band's first hometown appearance in two years and first with Art's 25-year-old son, Ian, as the band ...

The Funky Meters are direct descendents of a line of super-funky New Orleans players. In fact, two members helped found the original band, The Meters, who played as Allen Toussaint’s house band during ...