When you look back on the last half-century of backbeat-driven, hard-pocket funk, it’s strange that one of the genre’s major innovators was inspired to start playing because of the square, oompah ...

All in the Family: A Cleveland native, Schultz started playing drums in third grade. His mom was a drummer in high school and had a drum kit at the house; he gravitated toward it. She initially taught ...

The Detroitwich Funk Machine brings 70s and 80s funk, jazz-funk and fusion classics to Worcester’s Marr’s Bar, January 22.