Guitarist Leo Nocentelli recently acquired a new piece of home decor of which he is quite fond: a bronze Gramophone. During a July 14 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Nocentelli and his ...

Art Neville, the New Orleans music legend who founded both The Neville Brothers and The Meters, has died at age 81. He had been in declining health for some time. “It was peaceful,” Kent Sorrell, ...

Leo Nocentelli isn't much of a planner. He didn't plan to move to Los Angeles, and he didn't plan to write "Cissy Strut" with his bandmates. He didn't necessarily plan to get that banner tattoo across ...

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 ...

New Orleans funk band the Meters performs during the 'Grammy Salute to Music Legends' show at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on July 14, 2018. From left, they are Leo Nocentelli, Cyril Neville, ...