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    Nils Landgren Funk Unit – “Funk For Life” (2010)

    February 26, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Albums, Reviews.

    If you have read some of the previous reviews or other posts on this site written by me, you might have noticed that a majority of it is focused on relatively new artists and music, and that is no coincidence. I truly love funk, soul and jazz music from the 60′s and onward (even earlier with jazz), but one of the reasons I have for contributing to this site is to help spread the word about all the bands and musicians that keeps the music alive and fresh today by creating original material, and Nils Landgren together with his Funk Unit does just that, and they do it well!

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    Nils Landgren Funk Unit – “Funk for Life”

    December 29, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    “Funk for Life” is the latest album from the Nils Landgren Funk Unit that will be released on January 20. 2010, you can listen to a few sample tracks on their MySpace page. They will also be touring all over Europe this coming spring starting in early April (tour dates), catch them if you can, it’s a live funk experience of high caliber.

    Update: A review of the album has now been posted here.

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    Newtone – “Newtone” (1996)

    October 19, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Albums, Reviews.

    newtoneI don’t know why or how their only album got made, because the band appeared and then disappeared again almost immediately without any trace. “Newtone” was released just as the acid jazz wave faded out from the charts around the world, and I’m guessing that bad timing probably killed any chance it had to succeed. Originally, a friend of mine bought it on impulse sometime in the late 90’s because the cover looked, well, kinda funky, and surprisingly, the music actually matched his initial expectations and then some!

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    News summary for October 2009

    October 18, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    Read on to get the latest news about the new Jamiroquai album and tour, Stuart Zenders latest projects, the state of Ronny Jordans new album, and an update from Nils Landgren regarding the Funk Unit.

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