The Jazz Defenders have recently become a personal favorite. They truly ‘defend’ the art of jazz pumping out fresh sounds with deep roots. This is just their third album and their previous one ‘King Phoenix’ was one of my top albums of 2022 (review here). ‘Memory in Motion’ is aContinue Reading

Joe Marcinek has been consistently putting out excellent, interesting albums for several years now with a rotating group of musicians that keeps the music ever fresh and evolving. His latest release, 1 River Street, was recorded in Massachusetts at Iron Wax Studios with Alan Evans producing and on drums, NateContinue Reading

Show Day Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, a personal favorite band, performed in April 2024 at Southern Feed Store in Atlanta and FunkCity.net was there to enjoy and video the show. The band was on top of their game an put on an outstanding show. For those that don’t know I useContinue Reading

“Mustard n’Onions,” the just-released, double helping of funk from Ghost-Note has been cookin’ for six-years and its savory beats strike my main nerve. Ghost-Note, the brainchild of Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, coming out of Snarky Puppy nearly ten years ago, is now a bona fide funk factory. ThisContinue Reading

Sweetwater 420 Fest has more than a two-decade history in Atlanta starting out as a local festival at Candler Park before growing to a national festival at Centennial Park with four stages. In 2023, the super popular brewery retrenched the festival onto the brewery grounds and this year has builtContinue Reading

The New Mastersounds (NMS) have been consistently pumping out great music and super groovy vibes for 25 years and their latest release “Old School” is a testament to their legacy. NMS are an all-time favorite of mine — their retro-soul-funk in the tradition of The Meters is timeless but alwaysContinue Reading

This Saturday Atlanta is in for a night of bass music bliss as Thought Process returns this time to Terminal West. This time he’s bringing along his all:Lo friend Pheel., bass music heavy hitter Schmoop, and Atlanta based producer Mindwipe. The all:Lo crew has been hard at work with showsContinue Reading

Resonate Suwannee is back for its second year in this format in just three short weeks and I’ll be back in Live Oak to celebrate with the crew. The festival came together under this name last year when Resonance and Resonate joined with the headlining band STS9 to put togetherContinue Reading

Dear Squeaky Feet, My name is Phillip Watson, I’m 33, 3 Kids, and I’ve been in love with jam band/improvisational music since I was 13. I’ve seen thousands of shows in the scene and I have probably listened to upward of 10s of thousands of recordings of everything from TheContinue Reading

Our Final Day of Jam Cruise was a full day at sea with music all day. We got our 6ish hours of sleep, hit the buffet for breakfast, and got on our way. The day musically started at Lebo’s Yacht Rock on the pool deck. A Jam Cruise staple, andContinue Reading