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 ...

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.

Last year, in honor of Election Day, Dumpstaphunk and Trombone Shorty teamed up to release a politically-charged anthem called “Justice.” Now, on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the ...

Let’s be honest — funk lovers are a finicky bunch, especially when it comes to any band associated with the Neville name, the first family of New Orleans’ funk. So it was something of a pleasant ...

Dumpstaphunk isn't your daddy's funk band, says keyboard player Ivan Neville. Yours or his. Ivan is the son of Aaron Neville of the Neville Brothers, the aptly named "First Family of Funk" from New ...

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 ...

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 ...

8:30 p.m. Saturday, The Revolution Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock Opening act: George McConnell Tickets: $12; open to those age 18 and over (501) 823-0090 With a name like Neville, Ivan ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Nick Daniels III, renowned bassist and vocalist of the New Orleans-based funk band Dumpstaphunk, has died. He was 68. Daniels was battling multiple myeloma. The band posted ...

Musician Nick Daniels III, best known as bassist and co-vocalist of the New Orleans funk band Dumpstaphunk, has died. Daniels’ bandmates confirmed his death in a statement to USA TODAY Sunday. A cause ...

It is 1:44 a.m. Some party folk just set off some big fireworks. I have no wireless access at the “24/7” Internet kiosk. Dumpstaphunk was too much. It is 1:55 a.m. I'm with my revived laptop at the ...