Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator who volunteered to be an astronaut for NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in 1961, has died at the age of 87. Funk passed away at her home in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday ...

Aviation trailblazer Wally Funk, who lived in Grapevine and was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died, according to the city. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living ...

It has been a tough year for fans of guys who can get down on a guitar because the music world has lost some absolute legends. And another icon was lost recently. From guys who rocked the blues stage ...

View post: 50 Years Ago Today: Legendary One-Hit Wonder Reaches No. 1 - And It Kept Iconic Rock Band From Grammy Win Eddie Hazel’s "Maggot Brain" is ranked among the greatest guitar solos ever. George ...

Long known as a 'Strat guy', Cory Wong (Vulfpeck, Fearless Flyers) has a new Music Man signature electric based on the classic Stingray bass – except this time in conventional six-string guitar format ...

Don’t miss Mike Puma’s text messages from Queens and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Mets. For more than two weeks, the group of early arriving Mets has included ...

It was sometime in the latter part of the 1960s that R&B gave way to soul and, by extension, funk. It wasn't a scene so much at first as it was a grouping of like-minded artists taking their music to ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a genius ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered why funk guitar parts seem to have that infectious groove with seemingly simple riffs? Well, sometimes it's ...