There’s little that’s better than James Brown and band hitting their stride. Here’s 19 minutes of Escape-Ism!
Funk
[Music] Album: Gilles Peterson Presents: Sonzeira – Tam… Tam… Tam…! Reimagined —
Lots to love about this wonderful reimagining of José Prates’ Tam… Tam… Tam…!
via Album: Gilles Peterson Presents: Sonzeira – Tam… Tam… Tam…! Reimagined —
[Music] Betty Davis – Your Mama Wants Ya Back
The Queen of Funk, Betty Davis, lets it be known she wants Daddy home!
[Music] 45 Brothers – Showtime b/w The Zone — Flea Market Funk
It’s good to see a 45 like “Showtime” by 45 Brothers come out. With a B Boy mindset and a definite hip hop pedigree, this forty five, no doubt is strictly for my breakers, my uprockers, and my people that want to get down. Like seriously get down. High octane and tempo with plenty of […]
[Music] Bandcamp Radio #161
Andrew Jervis broadcasts for Bandcamp.com as their chief curator and host of the Friday Night Session radio show (KUSF). I only wish Bandcamp would host more shows, but if this is it, it’s a damn good one.
This week’s show highlights Awesome Tapes from Africa, and Paris Strother, one third of the soulful Prince protégés known as King.
Click here for the show.
[Music] David Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos) & Roy Hargrove – Smile In A Wave LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-7-IUhti4
I can’t tell you what the name of the song is, but David Fiuczynski and band, with much help from the legendary Roy Hargrove, tear the roof off with this jam.
[Music] Parliament – I Call My Baby Pussycat
[Music] Grupa Marina Škrgatića – Čežnja
Grupa Marina Škrgatića are one of a score of magnificent groups which came out of the former Yugoslavia who produced music of ridiculously high quality. As usual, there’s little information in English about the band, so it’s best to use Chrome or Firefox and see if you can translate this.
[Music] Rudolph Johnson – The Highest Pleasure
Soulful jazz-funk by Rudolph Johnson, who sounds like someone Kruder & Dorfmeister would have ripped a riff from.
[Music] Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin – Wait For Me
Many thanks to Hot Casa Records, who introduced the music of Roger Damawuzan, the ‘James Brown of Lomé‘, to the world. You can definitely see where he gets his inspiration from!
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 