October 15, 2011 - posted in Records, Releases, Tracks.
Currently the boys are busy in the studio recording new original songs for their first album according to their official blog. I hope they’ll be able to use their awesome musical chops to create some unique and cleverly arranged material to follow up on their previous efforts. Until they are ready with that, here is a convenient collection of all the cover tracks released so far on their soundcloud page (6 in total):
Download link: Dirty Loops – “Covers” unofficial EP (31MB zip).
September 25, 2011 - posted in Records, Releases, Tracks.
Modern soul music played live with real instruments is pretty rare these days, which is really a shame, because when it sounds as good as this, it is truly a pleasure to be enjoyed. This free 6 track EP is an excellent release from a band that I hope will continue to bring us more of the same in the future, and I really look forward to hearing whatever they come up with next.
September 13, 2011 - posted in Features, Videos.
It took well over a year, but finally the album the Andreas Pålsson Trio recorded last summer titled “Scrabble” was ready for release earlier this month. To celebrate the occasion, the band performed two great gigs last week, please read on to watch and listen to a full live recording of one of them.
September 9, 2011 - posted in Releases, Tracks, Videos.
August 3, 2011 - posted in Records, Releases, Tracks.
An outstanding track from the first album (“Get Down!”) by Soulive that was recorded back in 1999 but not released until 2002, featuring their jazz organ trio lineup: Alan Evans, Neal Evans and Eric Krasno.
July 5, 2011 - posted in Releases, Tracks.
This very hard to find, funky piece of east coast jazz comes courtesy of the former Herbie Hancock and Head Hunters drummer Mike Clark:
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Download link: Mike Clark Group – Bone Dance (9.8MB mp3).
June 19, 2011 - posted in Records, Releases, Tracks.
Quite possibly the finest Herbaliser album so far, and also some of the best crime movie music never actually used in any soundtrack:
“The Missing Suitcase”:
“Goldrush”:
June 12, 2011 - posted in Records, Releases.
25 years and still going strong with a new anniversary release called “The Template”, and what a celebration it is! This is one of the bands finest albums so far featuring an inspired mix of new songs and cover tracks, all of it played with a level of energy and enthusiasm that is truly admirable, and it keeps getting better with each listen. I really hope that James and the lads keep going for at least another 25 years.
June 5, 2011 - posted in News, Releases, Tracks.
Under the right circumstances, I’m a sucker for some smooth grooves as long as they are tight, funky and have plenty of soul. Down To The Bone has been providing their fans with just that for almost fifteen years, and their new album will be out in Europe / South Africa / Australia / New Zealand: June 27., USA / Canada: July 19. and Japan: July 20. Below you can preview their first single “Music Is The Key”:
May 9, 2011 - posted in Albums, Reviews.
This is a Finnish group which most eloquently mixes Afro-beat, jazz and funk. Mostly the basic rhythm is Afrobeat, but what the musicians do on top of this leans more towards funk and jazz than Fela Kuti’s classical work. There are also some rhythms that resemble other African dialects, Caribbean ones like souk for instance and some more straight ahead soul rhythms (the song Bushman sounds mysteriously like Donny Hathaway’s The Ghetto).
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