The New Mastersounds went to Nashville to record some of their classics live right to vinyl thus creating an album that has the groove and feel of one of their live shows. For those of us who listen to digital music, we had to wait 6 months digital version ofContinue Reading
Can’t wait to see two of my favorite funk bands together at Terminal West on December 15. This is an appetizer of things to come — from The New Mastersounds album Breaks from the Border, Turkuaz take “On the Border.”Continue Reading
Pumped for the first Atlanta show (as far as I know) for Brass-A-Holics at Vinyl on Thursday, October 7th. Brass-A-Holics are a New Orleans go-go funk, brass band that I first heard a couple of years ago and was totally taken in by their driving horns and rhythym section. Then in NOLAContinue Reading
This is the first in a series of many “Song of the Day” posts, hopefully. The penultimate, altissimo tenor sax player, Lenny Pickett with the UMO Orchestra with his take on the Tower of Power classic What is Hip? Of course, Lenny recorded and played this many times with TOP duringContinue Reading
Personally, I go on record predicting another Grammy for Snarky Puppy for this great, first studio (no live audience) disc from my favs in about 5 years. It’s been on rotation in my car’s CD changer for 6 months now and is my standard drive time disc. My personal favorites are proablyContinue Reading
Earphunk is a New Orleans progressive funk band Website: Earphunk.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Earphunk/?fref=nf Jake and Michael Comeaux, bass Continue Reading
Earphunk took over Terminal West on Thursday night and delivered a high powered non-stop, booty shaking, earth quaking, sonic boom of a performance. The five piece progressive funk out of New Orleans mixes deep fonky bass lines with extra terrestrial synth and guitar work. Paul Provosty delivers some mind alteringContinue Reading
How do you feel when you leave a great concert compared to when you first went in? For me, I know I always feel better, mentally and physically, tired as I may be. I’m very interested in what music is doing to my mind and body to create suchContinue Reading
Simply put, Corinne Bailey Rae is one of the most wonderful singers in the world today! Beautiful, spiritual, musical, warm, amazing — use any superlative you want — they all fit. Standing in the rain 1/2 hour early, getting drenched, was worth ever second to see and hear Corinne pourContinue Reading