2015 has been a rather productive and prolific year for Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, as the renowned bassist has contributed to two of the most critically applauded albums to date this year, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a […]
Tag: funk
Over the last couple of years, Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner has seen his profile grow both nationally and internationally. As a bassist, Bruner effortlessly manages a propulsive, throbbing, sensual funk and a delicate, passionate sensitivity in […]
Live Concert Review: Jumping Back into the New York Music Scene: A View of Northside Music Festival
Jumping Back into the New York Music Scene: A View of Northside Music Festival, by Natalie Hamingson As Will mentioned in his preview, one of the beauties of a festival like Northside is the chance […]
I’ve mentioned this before and in a previous post but as a blogger, the proliferation of independent record labels of all sizes across the world. And as I’ve mentioned this proliferation has meant that there […]
Live Concert Photography: Mishti and Shelley Nicole’s blaKbushe at The Bowery Electric 6/8/15
Live Concert Photography: Mishti and Shelly Nicole’s blaKbushe The Bowery Electric June 8, 2015 This week has been a rather busy week as my dear friend and colleague Natalie Hamingson and I have been covering […]
Thursday night marks the beginning of the music portion of this year’s Northside Music Festival, and as I mentioned in my Northside Festival Preview, the music portion of the festival features 400 bands and artists […]
Meshell Ndegeocello may arguably be one of the most uncompromising, most original and most talented contemporary artist around, as she’s been credited as sparking the “neo-soul” movement with a sound that draws from hip-hop, rock, soul, […]
Over the last couple of years, DJ, producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and Stones Throw Records artist Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that channels late Parliament/George Clinton solo work, 80s synth-based funk […]
Live Concert Photography: The Heard and The Funky Meters at Brooklyn Bowl 4/18/15
Live Concert Photography: The Heard and The Funky Meters Brooklyn Bowl April 18, 2015 Last month, I was at Brooklyn Bowl to catch The Funky Meters during their two night run in town, and on […]
Live Concert Photography: The Heard and The Funky Meters at Brooklyn Bowl 4/17/15
Live Concert Photography: The Heard and The Funky Meters Brooklyn Bowl April 17, 2015 Last month, I was at Brooklyn Bowl to catch the impressive Chicago, IL-based funk outfit The Heard, whose somewhat retro sound […]
Mixtape Stream: Mothership Collective “All Nigga Radio”
Influenced by Parliament Funkadelic, Too Short, Roni Size, Bootsy Collins and others, the Los Angeles-based act Mothership Collective’s latest mixtape All Nigga Radio, released by Bonding Tapes was written and conceived as a continuous late […]
Live Concert Photography: Spires and The Budos Band at Brooklyn Bowl 3/27/15
Live Concert Photography: Spires and Budos Band Brooklyn Bowl March 27, 2015 March was a particularly busy month of live music and it ended with two shows at Brooklyn Bowl around my 36th birthday – […]
Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Soulive with Marco Benevento, The Shady Horns, George Porter, Jr. and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer at Brooklyn Bowl 3/21/15
Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Soulive with Marco Benevento, The Shady Horns, George Porter, Jr. and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer” Brooklyn Bowl March 21, 2015 The last night of Soulive’s 6th annual Brooklyn Bowl residency featured the […]
Originally comprised of Art Neville, George Porter, Jr., Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste, the New Orleans-based quartet The Meters may arguably be one of the most influential and important funk bands that most people are […]