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 ...

For the first time since 2017, The Meters are returning to the stage. The influential funk group, Zigaboo Modeliste, George ...

Iconic New Orleans funk pioneers The Meters will reunite for their first show in nearly a decade during Jazz Fest 2026.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leo Nocentelli, one of New Orleans’ masters of funk, is coming to Baton Rouge. The original Meters guitarist and his all-star trio, the Funkin’ Truth, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the ...

The Funky Meters, born during a spontaneous jam session at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 1989, will play a show at Pisgah Brewing’s outdoor stage on Saturday, May 16. Earphunk and George Porter Jr.

Pisgah Brewing Company of Black Mountain, NC is no stranger to the funk: having welcomed such greats as Maceo Parker, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe and many more across ...