Does your day need some smooth funk? Then try a drizzle of Hot Mustard’s new album, Seconds. Made up of Antibalas’ trumpeter Jordan Mclean and TV on the Radio Trombonist Dave ’Smoota’ Smith, along with the assistance of cellist Helen Gillet and vocalist Alanna Royale, Hot Mustard is as grooving as they come. The groupContinue reading “Hot Mustard – Seconds”
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Hot Mustard – “The End of Time” Video
It’s Friday, so get your day started right with the laidback funk grooves of Hot Mustard’s latest single, “The End of Time.” Hot Mustard, a psych-leaning instrumental funk group headed by Antibalas’ Jordan McLean and TV On The Radio’s Dave “Smoota” Smith, is as smooth and mellow as ever. Joined by Ross Bogan (Doom Flamingo, Lureto)Continue reading “Hot Mustard – “The End of Time” Video”
Ghost Funk Orchestra – A New Kind of Love
The NY-based 10-piece continues to remix the funk genre into a slick new beast with their third LP, A New Kind of Love. Ghost Funk Orchestra took the sensuality that could be felt occasionally on their 2020 psychedelic soul record, An Ode to Escapism, and based an entire album around it. This effort finds theContinue reading “Ghost Funk Orchestra – A New Kind of Love”
The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo – The Prophets In The City
Let the vivacious grooves of The Bogie Band and Joe Russo shake any last remaining bits of winter blues out of your body and soul with their new collaboration, The Prophets in The City. Available tomorrow through Royal Potato Family, this album features Russo and Stuart Bogie leading a collective of only percussion and windContinue reading “The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo – The Prophets In The City”
Hot Mustard – “Window Seat” Music Video
You like your instrumental funk to be smooth and soulful with a spicy kick? Try Hot Mustard’s “Window Seat,” from their upcoming debut album, Mother Sauce. As you can hear in the brand new animated music video above (directed by Opus Thimble (AKA Jack Powell ), “Window Seat” is a mellow groove with a phat beatContinue reading “Hot Mustard – “Window Seat” Music Video”
Michael Wimberly – Afrofuturism
Michael Wimberly, a renowned and highly accomplished jazz percussionist and composer, paints a sonic display of his musical DNA across the 13 tracks that make up Afrofuturism. Released in three different parts (with the final piece coming out this Friday), this album finds Wimberly with a veritable army of talented collaborators (including Joss Stone andContinue reading “Michael Wimberly – Afrofuturism”
Ghost Funk Orchestra – An Ode to Escapism
Following up Ghost Funk Orchestra’s excellent and moving debut LP, 2019’s A Song for Paul, wasn’t going to be an easy task. Yet, Seth Applebaum and his sonic family of bandmates and collaborators drastically upped the ante and really delivered on An Ode to Escapism. Perhaps the first major change between records that a keenContinue reading “Ghost Funk Orchestra – An Ode to Escapism”
L’Eclair- нощта
We might not be exactly done with spring yet, but L’Eclair’s bringing the summer heat with нощта. Co-released with Calico Discos, this new EP finds the Swiss band fusing funk with the most vivacious aspects of dub, Latin jazz and psychedelic rock. The end result of this assemblage is enormously fun, energetic and of course, insanelyContinue reading “L’Eclair- нощта”
Chip Wickham – Blue to Red
Chip Wickham’s Blue to Red levitates you into the heart of a heavenly nebula of spiritual jazz that’ll leave you floating for the rest of the day. Wickham, a Brightonian saxophonist and flautist who’s currently based in Madrid, was inspired to use the hope and liveliness in his music to help listeners appreciate and care forContinue reading “Chip Wickham – Blue to Red”
Now Playing: Seth Applebaum and The World of Ghost Funk Orchestra
In this very special episode of Now Playing, we have an in-depth conversation with Seth Applebaum, of Ghost Funk Orchestra, about his roots, his inspirations and his creative process. We also talk about the band’s new debut full-length record, A Song for Paul, which has received a wealth of praise the world over, including beingContinue reading “Now Playing: Seth Applebaum and The World of Ghost Funk Orchestra”
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