Hulaween has become one of the best, most popular multi-genre festivals in the East since it’s inception in 2013. I’ve now attended seven in a row since 2015 (no event in 2020) and somehow it keeps getting bigger and better. It’s a split of live bands and electronic music, fiveContinue Reading
BTTRLY Quintet is a great band arising out of the pandemic and Coast is an epic debut. The band played a few shows live at Cervantes and has compiled some great stuff here from the combination of members of Lettuce (Eric “Benny” Bloom, Adam Deitch), Break Science (Borahm Lee, HunterContinue Reading
The Bamboos just released their tenth studio album after more than than twenty years performing together. This Australian group have refined their craft of finding the sweetest spot between soul and funk to the finest point yet. Hard Up reinvigorate a classic sound, seamlessly incorporating contemporary influences to create something altogetherContinue Reading
What do you get when three top notch musicians join forces to lock in with each other’s moods and moves – you get The Hit from WRD Trio! I’ve been a long time fan of the respective bands of these three talents – Robert Walter of The Greyboy Allstars andContinue Reading
Coming off of a great year for FunkCity.net in 2019, this year was starting out looking even better with a bunch of great shows lined up in the Winter and the fantastic festival kicking off in April. There was no waiting as I rolled up to Greenville on January 2Continue Reading
Normally this time of year, I’d be prepping my Hulaween preview article. This fantastic festival was scheduled for October 22-25 but like so many other events has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. My fourth Hulaween was 2018 and I had just started getting into video when I went allContinue Reading
After more than twenty years together, Lettuce is the preeminent funk band on the scene today. Starting with their friendship at Berklee College of Music, they’ve shaped their sound from classic funkers of yesteryear like James Brown and Tower of Power but put their own new fresh spin on things.Continue Reading
For FunkCity.net, 2019 was a remarkable year that is recapped here. I apologize in advance for the self-serving nature but it was definitely a year like no other in my experience based on a combination of personal music achievements and fantastic music events. It was a huge year for fourContinue Reading
Elevate is one of those albums that hits you hard and you instantly like from the first note, first song to the end, on first listen. But then again, if you’re an avid Lettuce fan (like me), you’ve heard nearly all of the songs before as several have been playedContinue Reading
Just had the most spectacular festival experience and will be writing some expanded coverage over the next couple of weeks but wanted to dash off a note to express thanks to all those involved and just touch on some of the highlights! First, hats off to Paul Levine and hisContinue Reading