Renaldo Domino – Don’t Go Away
Photo Courtesy of Jason Bugg There is Soul music, then there is Soul music. Representing the South Side of Chicago and taking his name from something sweet, like say Domino […]
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Duke Williams & the Extremes – Chinese Chicken
I bought this Lp out quite a few years ago in the field on the strength of their cover of “Funky Broadway”. At the time, I was toying with the […]
Ray Barretto – De Donde Vengo
I was first exposed, unbeknownst to me, to Ray Barretto in 1989 through Dutch Funk/Rap/ band Urban Dance Squad. Their single “Deeper Shade of Soul” borrowed heavily from Barretto’s original, […]
Anatomy of a Sample: T.R.O.Y
I hardly buy Classic Rock. If it’s in a lot, cheap, or given to me then I will file it in my Rock section. I’d rather spend my money on […]
Spin Clean: Thorough and Efficient Record Cleaning
For as long as Flea Market Funk has been in existence, I have been asked this question over and over: What is the best way to clean your records? There […]
Quartescence – Bossa Nova Scotia
It’s not often that I come across private press records in the field. Some diggers have better luck. Maybe it’s geographic location, proximity to a birthplace of a genre, or […]
Happy Birthday Roy Ayers!
Happy 72nd birthday to Roy Ayers. There is some big time love going on here at Flea Market Funk for this man and I’d thought I would drop a little […]
Dust & Grooves Super Sessions Tonight!
As our Kickstarter for the Dust & Grooves book project winds down (if you haven’t backed us yet there is still time!), we come to a huge event: The Dust […]
The Blues Busters – Wings of a Dove
In order to celebrate Jamaican Independence Day I wanted to go back to the early days of Reggae. Before Roots, before Dub, before Rocksteady, before Dancehall, there was Ska. Here’s […]
No Requests Mean No Requests
This one is for all you DJs out there. We work hard putting our sets together, digging for records to play that no one has. We have put in our […]
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