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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

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Bring the Lowrider Band to ATL! This band had 4 original members from the incredible, legendary War, including Lee Oskar.  Their mark on the music industry is phenomenal.  Follow them and lets bring them to one of our great venues – Aisle 5, Venkman’s, City Winery, even Terminal West.  Continue Reading

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Only appropriate for this stunning original artwork by my goth wife Donna, given to my as a birthday present many cycles ago.  It hangs directly above my office desk.Continue Reading

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Anyone who grew up with funk and soul in the 70s watched Soul Train.  And all of those funkateers and wannabees (like me) watched the line dancing.  Cheryl Song reigned as the queen of the line dance for 14 years! Nice interview can be found here: Interview with Cheryl Song  Continue Reading

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Had the pleasure of seeing Dank perform at Smith’s Olde Bar last night and the band took me and the rest of the crowd on an aural orbit that kept the beat pumping and the heartbeats thumping. Overall set was great interspersed with Dank tunes and then accompanied by Zale on lead vocals (covered in a separate post).  Dank has some very catchy vibes on their own but coupled with Zale there was definitely an explosive energy. In addition, solos by Matt and Josh were both program highlights for me. Not sure at this point exactly how to classify Dank’s musicContinue Reading

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Finally made it to see my buddy, Jake Keeble and his band Hedonistas open up at Smith’s Olde Bar this past Saturday.  Getting there early was worth it to catch this short but energetic set.  Jake is the frontman singer, doubling on guitar and keys, and has a great voice to boot. Each member took a turn on solos and I especially enjoyed the high pulse axe work by Pete and Max and the interplay with Jake.  My favorite tune was a funky boogie with Jake on keys, which I believe was either Spanish Lava Lamp or Lucky Buddha (Jake,Continue Reading