After all, Dumpstaphunk was one of her favorite bands. “Any musician in their right mind would jump at the opportunity to play with two of the baddest bass players ever – Tony Hall and Nick Daniels ...

The date, music lineup, and official posted for the 22nd Annual Highland Jazz & Blues Festival have been announced.

As the New Orleans funk/soul band Dumpstaphunk opened for the Rolling Stones at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a five-string bass guitar was propped up on a stand onstage, untouched.

Long-running New Orleans funk band Dumpstaphunk have released a fired-up new protest song “Justice 2020,” a new version of their song “Justice,” which was released on Inauguration Day in 2017. Like ...

Dumpstaphunk had a hell of a New Year’s weekend, jamming with legendary guitarist Carlos Santana and Sly & The Family Stone drummer Greg Errico on Dec. 28, and teaming up with musical prankster Dean ...

New Orleans funk rockers Dumpstaphunk come through Colorado a lot, and for that you should be very thankful, but if you need a new excuse to see them live, their new drummer is as good as any. Nikki ...

On Sunday, May 7, Dumpstaphunk will mark its 20th anniversary at the famed Tipitina’s venue in The Big Easy. The upcoming concert coincides with the conclusion of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ...

What if the beat were a social contract? That question lingered over a sold-out Saturday at Miner Auditorium, where Dumpstaphunk approached funk not as escapism but as a shared practice—an agreement ...

With deep New Orleans roots, Dumpstaphunk is bringing Bayou thunder to small clubs and festivals on a North American tour this year. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk does not mess around in the sound ...

Late last week, Dumpstaphunk keyboardist and singer Ivan Neville checked into the Ace Hotel to have access to electricity and hot water. His house was still without power, thanks to Hurricane Zeta.

New Orleans’ Dumpstaphunk are an all-star band of sorts, featuring a funkdafied gumbo of ace Crescent City players, including drummer Nikki Glaspie (Jay-Z, Beyoncé) and the two-pronged, low-end thump ...