http://www.npr.org/player/embed/442320383/442326741 Boulevards is the solo recording project of the North Carolina-based Jamil Rashad. Now if you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of months, you may be familiar with Rashad — but for those new […]
Tag: funk
New Audio: Check Out M&M’s Funky, Club Banging Remix of Tuxedo’s “The Right Time”
Tuxedo is the collaborative project of Mayer Hawthorne, one of this era’s shamefully unheralded vocalists and Jake One, a Grammy nominated artist and producer. The collaboration can trace its origins back to 2006 when the duo started to exchange […]
New Audio: Re-Introducing 4th Coming’s Futuristic and Breezy, Synth Funk Sound
Founded in 1969 the Los Angeles funk collective 4th Coming was essentially the songwriting and recording project of primary songwriting duo, Henry “Hank” Porter and Jechonias “Jack” S. Williams, who teamed up in the studio […]
New Video: Soul Clap, Funkadelic, and Sly Stone Team Up for Some Futuristic, Cosmic Funk
Comprised of Eli Goldstein (a.k.a. Bamboozle and a.k.a Elyte) and Charles Levine (a.k.a. Lonely C and a.k.a. Cnyce), the Boston, MA-based production and DJ duo Soul Clap have over the course of a number of […]
New Audio: Rene Lopez’s Super Funky and Seductive, New Single “Heavy Baby, Heavy”
Over the past five years or so, I’ve written quite a bit on the New York-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rene Lopez, who arguably may be among a group of incredibly talented and shamefully under-appreciated artists […]
New Audio: Boulevards, Funky, New Party Jam “Sanity”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few weeks you may have remembered coming across a post on Boulevards, the solo recording project of Jamil Rashad. As the son of renowned, jazz radio DJ, Jamil Rashad […]
New Video: EMEFE’s “40 Watt” Reveals A Refined, Pop-Leaning Sound That Draws From the Legendary Fela Kuti and The Talking Heads
Formed in 2009 and fronted by composer, drummer and vocalist Miles Arntzen, formerly of Superhuman Happiness and a member of Anitbalas, the members of the Brooklyn-based Afrobeat-inspired funk pop collective EMEFE is comprised of some of NYC’s […]
New Audio: Superhuman Happiness’ Breezy, New Single “Drawing Lines”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM since its beginnings over 5 years ago, you’d probably be intimately familiar with the (mostly) Brooklyn-based funk collective Superhuman Happiness. Their long-awaited full-length debut, Hands was one of my favorite […]
New Audio: Introducing the Seductive, Party Funk of Boulevards
As the son of renowned, jazz radio DJ, Jamil Rashad grew up in musical household in which a passionate interest in music was fostered and encouraged, and as a result Rashad listened to jazz, blues, […]
New Audio: Dam Funk’s Quiet Storm-Inspired, New Single “Glyde 2Night” and Two, Funky, Non-Album Tracks
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you’d likely know that over the past couple of years, the incredibly prolific multi-instrumentalist and producer, Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that simultaneously channels […]
Live Concert Review: Jungle with Ibeyi and Sunni Colon at SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park 6/20/15
Live Concert Review: Jungle with Ibeyi and Sunni Colon SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park June 20, 2015 As I’ve mentioned a number of times over a series of posts, this summer has arguably been one […]
New Audio: The Afrobeat-Inspired Deep and Funky Grooves of Bixiga 70
Bixiga, is a Central São Paulo neighborhood, known as a cultural melting pot of its Italian. African and Northeastern Brazilian population, and is arguably one of the city’s best areas to eat and catch some of […]
New Audio: Chicago’s The Main Squeeze Specializes in Old-School-Inspired, Funky, Soulful Pop on “Angelus”
Consisting of Corey Frye (vocals), Max Newman (guitar), Ben “Smiley” Silverstein (keyboards), Reuben Gingrich (drums) and Jeremiah Hunt (bass), neo-soul act, The Main Squeeze originally formed in Bloomington, IN before they eventually relocated to Chicago (which […]
New Video: Dam-Funk Brings Uplifting 80s-Inspired G Funk to the 21st Century with “We Continue”
Over the past couple of years, Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that simultaneously channels late Parliament/George Clinton solo work, 80s synth-based funk and R&B, and Parliament-inspired G funk and for his collaborations […]