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I recently had the chance to preview Jordan John’s (Jordan John on Facebook) sophomore album “Funk Parade.”  You can catch Funk Parade on Spotify here. Jordan is a solid soul, R&B and funk lead vocal sensation as well as multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto, Canada.  On this album he takes leadContinue Reading

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Recently had the opportunity to preview The Shu Shu’s debut Soul Slap released just this week. It’s currently available on Bandcamp here. As the narrative in their initial video “Grease the Chain” says, the group “take you back to the 60s with their authentic organ trio combo sound. Inspired byContinue Reading

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This is the first, hopefully of many, of fan recaps and reviews covering Snarky Puppy’s Immigrance world tour. Many thanks to Tai Suzuki, a fan and friend I met at the GroundUP Music Festival 2017 who provided this entire recap. He really did a great job and hope you enjoyContinue Reading

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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

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Snarky Puppy‘s latest album Immigrance drops on March 15, a full three years after their Culcha Vulcha album which won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental. This is an early pre-review of the album which I had a unique opportunity to compile based on hearing each of the 8 tunesContinue Reading

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We’ll keep this one short and on point. Went to see Southern Avenue last week at Smith’s Olde Bar without knowing much about them other than they were good ole Memphis Soul. Let’s just say they converted everyone in the house to a full-fledged fan if they were’nt already. They’reContinue Reading

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STIG, an Asheville-based progressive jazz funk fusion band will make a ATL-area appearance at the Moonshadow Tavern in Tucker on February 18. This will be part of a 6-night run with Chachuba through the Southeast. We’re always looking for new funk to listen to so I jumped on the chanceContinue Reading

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The White Blinds formed in December 2015 and started started doing a monthly at a small Cuban restaurant called Mambos Cafe in Glendale CA, owned by a friend Michael Duffy, the band’s drummer. According to Duffy, “We started with a slew of covers until we found our sound as aContinue Reading

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This review developed from multiple listening sessions with the album as well as a short Q&A session with the Kevin Donohue, guitarist, keys and principal member of SunSquabi. “Instinct is a biological-themed journey of evolution. With the addition of Josh Fairman (bass/synth bass) last year and new levels of compositionalContinue Reading

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Hot off their “Lost the Mountain” album release tour, Chicago based electronic, dance, fusion band Chachuba announced their Winter tour this month. Chachuba will be making their return visits to the cities of Chicago, Peoria, Asheville, Knoxville, and Athens.  Chachuba will also venture into some new territories such as theirContinue Reading