Songs in the Key of Funk
Going on the sample alone this could well be the most funktastic release of the year. Very excited about this upcoming from Noladelic PowerFunk due May 4. acid funkfunknew orleans
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Sly @ 75
It’s against all the odds that Sly, one of the doyens of acid funk, is still with us. Looking forward to seeing On the Sly. acid funkpsychedelic funkpsychedelic soulsly and the family stonesly stone
Dennis Edwards
Reported in the Consequence of Sound. acid funkacid souldennis edwardspsychedelic funktemptations
Marcus Miller & Wah Wah Watson do Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Funkatastic! — all of the band members — who better than Wah Wah to revisit this acid funk classic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSPLUEadGJ8 acid funkfunkguitarmarcus millermusictemptationswah wah watson
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone
A decent documentary on Sly is long overdue: next year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Dance to the Music, a landmark album for acid funk/soul. This documentary sounds promising but the distribution seems to be the standard damn snag: Michael should give mediAm a go (nothing to lose). Anyway, great to see that…
Funky Friday: Soul Messages From Dimona
Nothing like some top-notch acid-gospel-funk to set one up for the weekend, indeed a vital soundscape on reentry each morning. Joe Tangari of Pitchfork gets it, as do Thom Jurek of Allmusic, John Kirby of Wax Poetics, and Gabriel Baker of PopMatters. Listen here, here, and YouTube. acid funkacid soulgospelmusicpsychedelic soulSons of the KingdomSoul Messages From Dimonathe Soul Messengersthe Spirit…
Life + Death: Chairmen of the Board
A classic bit of acid funk to blow away the past week, a world away from “Give Me Just A Little More Time”. As per usual AllMusic gets it. Here are a couple of obits for General Johnson in The Guardian and The New York Times. acid funkacid soulchairmen of the boardgeneral johnsonmusicpsychedelic funk
Remembering Curtis
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It was the third of September
Some powerful social commentary from 44 years ago, possibly the greatest psychedelic soul funk song of all time and distressingly, is more salient now than ever before; then check out the Pew Report Parenting in America; and last, but by no means least, Larry Elder’s crisp assessment/diagnostic of the problem: It was the third of September…
Curtis Mayfield remembered
On August 13th 1990, Curtis Mayfield became paralyzed from the neck down, after stage lighting equipment fell on him at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush. This incident brought on his slow and harrowing demise which he endured with the dignity and the forbearance that we are accustomed to from CM. It’s a shame that…
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