Gizelle Smith – Dust b/w Hey Romeo
When Gizelle Smith drops some new material, we are all ears. The sultry soul siren has been steady releasing heat with for a bit, so why shouldn’t this latest forty […]
Tag Archives: funk
DJ Skills: Super Soul Part 1
About twenty years ago, I met this cat who was (and still is) the best DJ I have ever been around. We hit it off instantly, and for the last […]
The Expansions – Murmuration
When we first wrote about The Expansions almost four years ago, we were blown away at their sound. “Aubergine’s Escape” was a psychedelic blaxploitation cinematic earful that got us really […]
New Mix Alert: The Beat Is Mine
With another monthly edition of Shake! Brooklyn with DJ Monk One and I approaching (March 17th at Friends and Lovers), I wanted to put together a mix of some cool […]
Soul Dynamite 001
For those who like their sevens with a big beat and heavy everything, today is your lucky day. For the debut forty five on the Soul Dynamite label out of […]
The 24-Carat Black – Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth
Today’s treat is The 24-Carat Black’s Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth. The project was spearheaded by Dale Warren a classically trained viola player and songwriter who arranged strings for Motown and then […]
The Herbaliser – Bring Out The Sound
What we love in a band is resiliency, and if you look up the word in the music history books, you’ll see The Herbaliser right there next to the word. […]
NOLA Breaks V​.​6 (Lee Dorsey​/​The Gaturs)
The machine known as Superjock Records just keeps moving, as they give us another NOLA Breaks record. This time, Professor Shorthair has taken two of the funkiest 45s to come […]
Harlem Gospel Travelers – He’s On Time
Gospel music is an amazing genre. For nonsecular music, it is indeed, at times, some of the most funkiest music we have ever heard. So when we stumble on a […]
Modified Man – Kingswood Drive
When we hear from Albert’s Favourites, the South London record label that has given us such gems as Hector Plimmer, The Expansions, and more, we know it’s going to be […]
Flea Market Funk 