Sly Stone Contest!
Happy Birthday Sly Stone! The iconic and ground breaking musician turns 70 today. What more can we say that hasn’t been said about this legend? He had the first hit […]
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Lady – Get Ready
When it comes to Soul music, all it will take is for you to listen to the new single from Truth & Soul’s duo Lady to remind you why you […]
Polyrhythmics – Bobo b/w Moon Cabbage
According their biography, Polyrhtyhmics are “A glimpse into what would have happened if the Mothership had crash-landed in Nigeria in 1977”. I think that’s a pretty accurate description of the […]
Big Ups with Marc Hype
The name Marc Hype may not ring a bell, but if you were in the DJ game early, you knew of this talent. Like Big Daddy Kane said: “It’s ’88, […]
Maceo Parker: 98% Funky Stuff
Maceo Parker has a lot to say, and not just in his music. One of the world’s greatest living saxophone players, a man who James Brown told to blow (and […]
Darryl Reeves: Mercury
A few weeks ago I got hipped to a piece of music called The Dillaquarium Mixtape by saxophone player Darryl Reeves. If you have not downloaded this piece of genius, […]
Drinking Coffee With Madlib
Here at Flea Market Funk, black gold doesn’t only refer to vinyl, it also refers to coffee. I have been heavily into coffee, not the freeze dried stale stuff, but […]
Big Ups with Mr. Krum
In this week’s Big Ups FMF brings you the talented graphic designer and artist Darrell Krum aka Mr. Krum. If you’ve bought any Slice of Spice’s boutique Hip Hop 7″ […]
Library Funk: Alan Parker & William Parrish Main Chance Remix
Looks like Freqnik and WDRE are at it again with another remix. They’ve taken it to the B-Boys, laced Big Daddy Kane with some boom bap, provided Oxygen with some […]
Searching For Sugarman Wins Oscar
Photo Courtesy of Light In The Attic Records Back in July, I wrote of a documentary about Searching For Sugarman. Sixto Rodriguez, an elusive Michigan musician had released some music […]
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