Afrolicious has developed a reputation for being both one of the premier weekly dance parties in the San Francisco area (which I should note is sadly coming to an end), and one of that area’s top sound system […]
Tag: funk
Let’s change things up a bit here. If you regularly follow this site, you know that New Orleans-brass and funk have a very special place in my heart – perhaps in a past live I […]
There’s something about the rhythms of salsa that automatically brings summer to mind – or more precisely the sounds of the streets of Corona, Queens during the summer, as you’d hear salsa being played from […]
When DJ Felix Pacheco and saxophonist/flutist Joe Woullard (of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears and Hardproof) started the Austin, TX-based Cilantro Boombox, it was originally a studio-based collaboration between the two; however, in the […]
The Denver, CO/Fort Collins, CO-based, Euforquestra (pronounced yoo—four-keh-struh) — by way of Iowa City, IA — have developed a reputation for a sound that bends and blurs genres and expectations, and for a relentless touring schedule. Fire, the band’s first […]
The Brazilian-born and currently Bern, Switzerland-based vocalist Mariana Da Cruz teamed up with a backing quartet have over the course of three previously released albums to craft a sound that meshes several different genres – […]
Two years ago, Meshell Ndegeocello released a tribute album to the renowned singer/songwriter, jazz pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Unsurprisingly, Simone has been a major influence on Ndgegocello’s life and work. Although Simone came of age […]
The KPM 1000 series, known for it’s unique green record sleeves, were recorded during the 1960s and 1970s and featured some of the best British session musicians of the era. Although the albums are a […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life […]
The Denver, CO/Fort Collins, CO-based, Euforquestra (pronounced yoo–four-keh-struh) – by way of Iowa City, IA – have developed a reputation for a sound that bends and blurs genres and expectations, and for a relentless touring schedule. […]
https://myspace.com/play/video/thundercat-evangelion-we-ll-die-109499274-112170973 Thundercat “Evangelion / We’ll Die” from Thundercat on Myspace. Over the years, there have been a long line of incredible electric bass virtuosos, who can walk the tightrope of playing with a propulsive, throbbing […]
Starting his career in the 1990s dance music scene in Washington, DC, Thomas Blondet has developed a reputation for blurring genre lines by infusing just about any beat and funk oriented genre known to man including deep house, […]
A Q&A with the Halley DeVestern Band
Consisting of several grizzled veterans of the NYC music scene, the four primary members of the Halley Devestern Band, Halley Devestern (vocals), David Patterson (guitar), Tom Heinig (bass) and Rich Kulsar (drums) met the way […]
Howard Ivans, the lead singer of the Rosebuds and Gayngs has stepped out to do the solo thing with the release of the Red Face Boy/Pillows 7 inch which Spacebomb Records released last month. For those familiar with this work, the single offers listeners a […]
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort at the Bell House 11/23/13
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort The Bell House November 23, 2013 With the end of the year quickly approaching, I’ve been attempting to catch up with as much as I humanly can […]