Happy Birthday ‘Murica
Happy Birthday ‘Murica. We’re taking a day off. See you tomorrow. Keep Diggin’!
Happy Birthday ‘Murica. We’re taking a day off. See you tomorrow. Keep Diggin’!
We want to wish a huge happy born day to one of the funkiest cats who ever did it: George Clinton. Have you ever forgot the feeling when you dug […]
” Yo Jeff: Rock the beat with your hands….” Holy shit, y’all, Jazzy Jeff is 50! It seems like yesterday he and Will were doing their thing, he was making […]
We are a day off, but we need to recognize Mr. Cal Tjader on what would have been his 89th birthday yesterday. A very talented man that we have profiled […]
If you want to talk about the epitome of Soul and Funk music, then you must talk about Curtis Mayfield. With a hand deeply rooted in social activism, particularly during […]
Photo Courtesy of Roy DeCarava Archives Yesterday would have marked the 98th birthday of Elanora Fagan aka Billie Holiday. Perhaps no single Jazz vocalist has had the impact on the […]
Today’s a day to celebrate. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin is 71 years young today. My experience with Aretha came in my youth, when songs like “Respect” and “Rock […]
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 […]
This week (October 10th) marked the birthday of one of Jazz’s greatest figures, Theloniuos Sphere Monk, who would have been 94 had he not passed in 1982 from a stroke. […]
Flea Market Funk would like to wish Adam Yauch, one third of the legendary Beastie Boys a Happy 47th birthday, even though it’s Aug. 5th, we will take the late […]