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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The funky Meters rolled into The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA on Friday, October 7th, kicking off a short run through the northeast. The Birchmere is one of America’s classic listening rooms. 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 ...

Were you SEEN at Alive at Five watching The Funky Meters, with opening act Wurliday on Thursday July 13, 2017 in Albany, NY? Were you SEEN at Alive at Five watching The Funky Meters, with opening act ...

The Funky Meters are direct descendents of a line of super-funky New Orleans players. In fact, two members helped found the original band, The Meters, who played as Allen Toussaint’s house band during ...