Core News — “Craig Charles is one of the longest serving presenters on 6 Music. Over the years he’s interviewed many inspiring and legendary artists including James Brown, Amy Winehouse, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Candi Staton…..the list is endless. B... more info

Rolling Stone — One of the most wildly innovative and technically dazzling musicians in pop music history, Parliament-Funkadelic's Bernie Worrell was like "Jimi Hendrix on the keyboards," according to one-time bandmate Bootsy Collins, and that's not a hyperbolic est... more info

The Quietus — Bootsy Collins lends his vocal to new track from the UK producer; watch the video below more info

Mercury News, California — Bootsy Collins tweet indicates Little Richard is in dire health. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Funkadelic at the Paramount in 2015 (more by Greg Cristman) There's an all-star fundraiser on the way for legendary keyboardist Bernie Worrell, who is a founding member of Funkadelic and has worked with the Talking Heads, Fela Kuti, Mos... more info

Mercury News, California — A classy drummer and local hero, Leon Joyce Jr. played standards in a trio setting Saturday afternoon on the Silicon Valley Stage at the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest. Wayne de la Cruz was on organ, and multi-instrumentalist Roger Glenn was a one-man ban... more info

Mercury News, California — Bootsy Collins, Gizmo and the Pacific Mambo Orchestra are among the opening acts at the 25th annual San Jose Jazz Summer Fest. On multiple downtown stages, the festival runs Friday night through Sunday. more info

Mercury News, California — Taking place Aug. 8-10, the 25th San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, offers a strong Latin and Latin jazz lineup, including the brilliant Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez and his band; Salsa trombonist Jimmy Bosch; and veteran trumpeter-conguero Jerry Gon... more info

Cross Rhythms — Bootsy Collins guests on the new Gospel Gangstaz album more info

XLR8R — By dance-music standards, San Francisco's Claude VonStroke (a.k.a. Barclay Crenshaw) is practically a household name at this point. Since founding the Dirtybird label in 2005, the producer has consistently delivered infectiously bassy hybrids of... more info