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Electric Cowbell Fall/Winter Vinyl Releases out October 11th
Electric Cowbell Records is hot on the heels of its critically acclaimed debut compilation 101 Things To Do In Bongolia, which is a sonic brochure of the label's first batch of singles from 2010-2011 with the addition of some bonus tracks and remixes. The compilation has sparked gushing quotes like, “Electric Cowbell is Brooklyn's hardest-working new ...
New Release/MP3/Tour: The Funk Ark: 'From The Rooftops' (ESL Music)
The Funk Ark is a world funk ensemble based in Washington DC. The group draws on influences from the African and Latin funk/dance music scenes of the 1960s and 70s and the result is a gritty and soulful mix of inspired Afrobeat and big band funk. The eight-piece band is fronted by keyboardist and songwriterWill Rastwho, ...
CSC Funk Band Announces Debut Album on Fat Beats August 23
With the Summer release of their debut album Things Are Getting Too Casual, CSC Funk Band charges 11-deep from the formidable Brooklyn underground to forge an unforgettable path that leaves no ass unshaken. This is funk in the sense of both sound and scent, funk in the sense of blistering backbeats and sweaty, selfless abandon, funk ...
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival Kicks Off April 14
Afrofunk, Wheels of Steel, and Ocean Waves: Miami's Global Portal at the Beachfront Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, April 2011 The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival (April 14-30, 2011) grabs a fearless hold on the punk travels and dubbed-out grace of a generation of new musicians from Mexico to Brazil, from Brooklyn to Nigeria. Then it transports them to Miami ...
Part 16 - Dele Sosimi: Turbulent Times
by Chris May
Dele SosimiTurbulent TimesEko Star2002 Whatever you may think of musicals, and most people either love them or hate them, the New York and London productions of Fela! are to be welcomed. Both have been distinguished as much by their house bands as by their leading actors and ...
Part 15 - Femi Kuti: Africa For Africa / Antibalas: Who Is This America?
by Chris May
Femi KutiAfrica For AfricaWrasse Records2010 Two decades and more down the line with his band, Positive Force, singer and multi-instrumentalist Femi Kuti gets better and better. His take on rhythm may not be the same as that of his father--and why should it be?--but in other respects ...
Antibalas 'Who Is This America?' Reissued by Ropeadope
Antibalas is set to have their modern day afrobeat classic, Who Is This America?, reissued by Ropeadope on August 17. While it's common for influential recordings to receive reissue treatment decades later or around specific anniversaries, Ropeadope has made the decision to bring back the Brooklyn-based collective's 2004 album just six years from its initial release ...
