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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 NOLA back in February at Le Bon Temps Roulé I took in my first live show and I was blown away.  It was cold outside but pure heat and energy each size.  They do some great original stuff as well as some mean covers like Earth, Wind and Fire, In the Stone.Continue Reading

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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 during his nearly 10 years with the band. “The Prescription”, only his second solo album was released in 2014 and showcases his funky talent. If you don’t know him, he’s also been in the SNL band since 1985 and its musical director since 1995.  If you dig the intro and outroContinue Reading

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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 proably Big Ugly, Palermo (from my friend Marcelo Woloski), Semente, Tarova and The Simple Life.  Shit – that’s half the disc -and sometimes the other half hits me just as hard. Driving back from a show the other night (Earphunk), I had this on and I realized that contrary to theContinue Reading

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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

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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 altering guitar licks that sound like other instruments altogether.  Mark Hempe had the crowd begging for more on the catchy Sweet Nasty and especilly Phine.  The two Michaels on the drum/bass break were exceptionally tight.   I mentioned to Michael Comeaux (in photo with me from TWest show in the spring, thatContinue Reading

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  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 such a big effect. Corinne Bailey Rae has developed a wonderful six-episode discussion on how music impacts each of us.  She is so beautiful, spiritual and a wonderful person and musician.  Take some time to listen to each of the episodes with the links below. Episode 1: What Can Nature TeachContinue Reading

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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 pour her heart and soul into every word.  Early in the set, her cover of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love” was masterful. That was followed up with “Put Your Records On” to which her adoring fans sang every word and relished the moment. My personal favorite was “Stop Where You Are” which youContinue Reading

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Balkan Beat Box One of the most energetic acts you’ll ever see and few in the crowd had ever heard of – BBB kicked off the entire festival into high gear.  Their set included many of my favorites including Bulgarian Chicks, Digital Monkey and Part of the Glory.  Of course they played several songs from their new album “Shout it Out” dropping November 11.  Tomer on lead vocals and percussion is a non-stop kinetic machine.  Ori Kaplan on sax is blows a super clean tone.  I totally agree with their self-proclaimed assessment from their website – Hailing from New YorkContinue Reading

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Prog funk group Earphunk has announced their breakup. Source: Earphunk Will Be Breaking Up Following One Last Hometown Performance In NOLAContinue Reading