Name, Location, What You Do: Leon Michels, Rhinebeck, NY, musician/producer. Influences: Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, James Brown, Curtis […]
After dipping their toes last year in the pool of psychedelic Bollywood and Turkish inspired funk with the unique and fire “Unathi” and “Zaharlia”, El Michels Affair are back again […]
It wouldn’t be Summer if the Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band didn’t put out a scorcher of a seven inch for people to groove to. It seems like these cats […]
I know we are like a Broken record here, but Big Crown can not be stopped. This time, it’s funk/soul drummer Homer Steinweiss (who’s provided the backbeat to everyone from […]
We all need some soothing calm with all of this madness going on around us, so of course, let Big Crown step in and drop a forty-five that could calm […]
You may have the record “When Will They Learn” from Liam Bailey, a one off he did with the Truth & Soul label about a dozen years ago. The tune […]
We can’t say enough about this artist today. Bobby Oroza has taken the soul music scene by storm, and with his last full length introduced authentic soul sounds to a […]
If you’ve been stuck in traffic somewhere, really too much into GOT, or just have not been paying proper attention, then you are actually missing some very important music that […]
One of the hottest cuts of the Summer, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band’s scorcher of a record “Xxplosive”, are ready to make your ears even happier with their latest full […]
The crop of decent music that Brooklyn produces is a high percentage. The percentage that come from the Big Crown camp is even higher. Their focused grip on a variety […]
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