Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love

New week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

"Unlimited Love" is the first full-length release in six years for the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, is also the first with John Frusciante since 2006's "Stadium Arcadium".

"Unlimited Love" is the twelfth studio album, released through Warner Records on April 1, 2022. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album reunites the band with both Rubin, who did not take part in the recording of their previous album, "The Getaway", and guitarist John Frusciante, who left in 2009 and rejoined in 2019, replacing Josh Klinghoffer. The band have gone through countless iterations during the years, although their core lineup of frontman Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante are responsible for their biggest tunes. So it's with a warm welcome to hear Frusciante’s magical style of playing again.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS formed 1983 and now almost 40 years later, the band has nothing more to prove, they are in a position to do what pleases them instead.

The album contains seventeen tunes with a clock time over seventy minutes of playtime can almost be a little overwhelming, but hey it's the Peppers so it's fine. Overall I do like what I hear, old school sounds mixed with a little new attempt at renewal, the album just flows nicely and is full of surprises along the way. From the first powerful anthem "Black Summer", the lead single and opening track gives the album a kickstart. The rest of the songs on "Unlimited Love" are not quite as moving and direct, but oh so interesting. "Whatchu Thinkin" and "Let ‘Em Cry" do possess the great flow and groove. The glittering funk piece "She’s A Lover" and Flea's licks in "Aquatic Mouth Dance". The moody and half paced "Not The One" is a great love song and "Bastards Of Light" is an intressting tune with a cool groove and some heavier riffings in the middle of the track. "These Are The Ways" is a song that stands out a bit and offers some sonic experiments with some breakdowns and feels very progressive. The funky "Poster Child" offers fast vocal licks with a great lyrics by Anthony Kiedis... lol. The album "Unlimited Love" is a great listen where you can still hear their enthusiasm burning after all these years and it sounds like they had a great time in the studio, looking forward to catch them live soon.

Sum: Great grooves from Flea, Frusciante, Smith and Kiedis, you need this!

Today's tune "Poster Child", taken from "Unlimited Love", enjoy!

Upcoming Tour

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Orlando, FL Camping World Stadium

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Bohannon - Foot Stompin Music

Sunday, time for a classic!

"Foot Stompin Music" is a tune by Hamilton Bohannon (March 7, 1942 – April 24, 2020), often credited and known professionally simply as BOHANNON, was an American percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco music.

An artist that I unfortunately had very little knowledge of. But by an incident when I was out digging records in a second hand shop, the record "Inside Out" appeared and I became curious. Even as an old DJ, there is not much disco that is bought these days when the word is on the cover, I usally just put it back, but when the word "Stomp" is used, it is usually funk, which I really like, so the record had to go home. This one had a great groove, even if it is done with a little disco feeling, so I am happy with the purchase and have to share it.

BOHANNON was born in Newnan, Georgia, and learned the drums at school. He began playing in local bands, one of which featured guitarist Jimi Hendrix, before graduating from Clark College with a degree in music and secondary education. After a brief period as a schoolteacher, he was recruited in 1964 as drummer in 13-year-old STEVIE WONDER's touring band. He moved to Detroit in 1967, where he was employed by Motown as the leader and arranger of BOHANNON & The Motown Sound, who provided backing for many of the label's top acts on tour, including STEVIE WONDER, SMOKEY ROBINSON, MARVIN GAYE, THE TEMPTAIONS, DIANA ROSS and THE SUPREMES, THE FOUR TOPS and others.

When Motown moved from Detroit to Los Angeles, BOHANNON stayed behind to form his own ensemble, featuring members of local band, THE FABULOUS COUNTS and including such musicians as RAY PARKER JR. and DENNIS COFFEY. He signed in 1972 with the Dakar label run by producer Carl Davis, and released his debut album Stop & Go in early 1973. This was followed by five more albums for the label over the next two years, on which he "perfected his formula of heavy, thudding bass accents and aggressive rhythms". Although several of his tracks were club hits, he had limited chart success. His first hit single, in 1974, was "South African Man", which reached no. 78 on the Billboard R&B chart, but had more success in the UK, where it reached no. 22 on the UK Singles Chart. This was followed up in 1975 by "Foot Stompin Music" – his only record to reach the US Billboard Hot 100 – and "Disco Stomp", his biggest hit in the UK where it reached no. 6. See it below.

In 1976, Bohannon signed with Mercury Records and two years later had one of his biggest successes with "Let’s Start The Dance," which reached no. 9 on the R&B chart and no. 7 on the disco chart. "Let's Start the Dance" featured singer Carolyn Crawford, whose subsequent albums Bohannon went on to produce. In 1981, a new mix of "Let's Start the Dance" was successful on the dance chart. In 1980, he established Phase II Records, and continued to have minor hits on the R&B chart for the next three years, using new vocalists Liz Lands and Altrinna Grayson. He signed with MCA Records in 1984 and released several more albums. His last album, It's Time To Jam, was issued on the South Bound label in 1990.

Much of his music has been widely sampled, most notably on Chicago DJ/producer PAUL JOHNSON's 1999 hit "Get Get Down" which heavily sampled BOHANNON's "Me and the Gang." Other musicians who have used samples of his music include JAY Z, DIGABLE PLANETS, and SNOOP DOGG. His name was also repeatedly invoked in the TOM TOM CLUB song "Genius of Love." His composition "Ooh!" was included on MARY J. BLIGE's album "Love & Life in 2003".

In later years BOHANNON produced a new singer, GOVERNOR, on Atlantic Records, as well as working on material with his son, HAMILTON BOHANNON II, and publishing an audiobook memoir of his early years in the music business, "Bohannon Speaks from the Beginning".

BOHANNON was a devout Christian and dedicated his album "Dance Your Ass Off" to "God, my master, savior and Jesus Christ". The album also included a disclaimer that "Dance Your Ass Off is not used in the sense of profanity."

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Cymande - Brothers On The Slide

Friday, another sunny day!

CYMANDE is a British funk group that was originally active in the early 1970s. The band name derives from a calypso word for "Dove", which symbolises peace and love; "Dove" is also the title of one of their best-known song. With a membership deriving from several Caribbean nations, Cymande were noted for an eclectic mix of funk, soul, reggae, rock, African music, calypso, and jazz that they called "nyah-rock". The band formed in 1971 and released three albums before disbanding in 1974. After gaining newfound popularity when their music was sampled by many notable rap artists, Cymande reformed in the 2010s.

Today's tune "Brothers On The Slide" is taken from he bands third album "Promised Heights", released 1974. The clip is when Cymande playing a live session at KCRW radio station in Santa Monica, LA in 2016, enjoy!



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The Meters - Cissy Strut

"Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by THE METERS. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old". The A.V. Club called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.

THE METERS are an American funk band formed in 1965 in New Orleans by Zigaboo Modeliste (drums), George Porter Jr. (bass), Leo Nocentelli (guitar) and Art Neville (keyboards). The band performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977 and played an influential role as backing musicians for other artists, including Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint. Their original songs "Cissy Strut" and "Look-Ka Py Py" are considered funk classics.

Enjoy today's tune "Cissy Strut", the video clip is filmed live at the new orleans jazz & heritage festival 1993.



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Black Merda - Cynthy-Ruth

BLACK MERDA is an American rock band from Detroit, active from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s and reuniting in 2005. BLACK MERDA has weathered decades of relative inactivity only to return stronger than ever in the 21st Century. Original members V.C. Veasey, Anthony Hawkins and Charles Hawkins were on tour as Edwin Starr's backup band in the mid-sixties when they had a chance encounter with the music of Jimi Hendrix. Shortly thereafter, they embarked on a course that led them to become the link between Hendrix and Funkadelic. In 1967, Black Merda recorded the first of two albums for Chess Records. For these Wasmopolitan sessions, they've reprised one of those early songs and today's tune "Cynthy-Ruth" a blues number that owes far more to Muddy than to Jimi.

"Cynthy-Ruth" is taken from "Black Merda" is the self-titled debut album by the Detroit rock band BLACK MERDA. It was released in 1970 by Chess Records. The original album was long out of print before being reissued on CD by TuffCity Records in 1996. All of the album’s tracks are also collected on the 2005 BLACK MERDA compilation "The Folks From Mother's Mixer".



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Amythyst Kiah - Black Myself

With an unforgettable voice that’s both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, the Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah has released "Black Myself", the debut solo recording for Rounder Records, it also includes a stylish video, see it below.

Amythyst Kiah expands on the uncompromising artistry she most recently revealed as part of Our Native Daughters, an all-women-of-color supergroup whose Kiah-penned standout "Black Myself" earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best American Roots Song and won Song of the Year at the 2019 Folk Alliance International Awards. When met with the transcendent quality of her newly elevated sound, what emerges is an extraordinary vessel for Kiah’s songwriting: a raw yet nuanced examination of grief, alienation, and the hard-won triumph of total self-acceptance.

This new studio version of "Black Myself" is a glorious collision of two vastly different worlds: the iconoclastic alt-rock that first sparked her musical passion, and the roots/old-time-music scene.

Produced by Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird) the track was recorded at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles.

“Kwaku Otchere's artistic eye and ability to create such powerful visuals while simultaneously keeping everyone on set safe amid the pandemic is truly remarkable. Adding the talents of choreographer Aysha Upchurch and dancer Des Polk allowed this project to flourish even further. The four of us helped realize the vision of this video by incorporating our individual experiences of being black in America.”
- Amythyst Kiah

Enjoy today's tune "Black Myself", released February 19, 2021.



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Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Sunday, time for a classic.

Somehow it turned out to be a girls week, so why not end it with a high head and a real classic that most folks do not know.

"Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of American group THE FOUR PREPS, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964.

It attained worldwide fame after being covered and reworked by English synth-pop duo SOFT CELL in 1981 and has since been covered by numerous groups and artists. Buoyed by the then-dominant synth-pop new wave sound of the time and a memorable performance on the BBC's Top of the Pops, "Tainted Love" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was the best-selling single of 1981 in the UK. A major hit in the US during the Second British Invasion, the song spent a then-record 43 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight.

American artist Gloria Jones recorded the original version of "Tainted Love" in 1964; the song was written and produced by Ed Cobb and arranged by Lincoln Mayorga. It was the B-side of her 1965 single "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home", which was a commercial flop, failing to chart in either the US or the UK. According to Nick Talevski, before Jones recorded the song, Cobb had offered it to THE STANDELLS, whom he managed and produced, but they rejected it. THE STANDELLS say that the song was never offered to them and that they were not signed to Cobb's company Greengrass Productions until 1966, some two years after Jones's recording.

In 1973, British club DJ Richard Searling purchased a copy of the almost decade-old single while on a trip to the United States. The track's Motown-influenced sound (featuring a fast tempo, horns, electric rhythm guitar and female backing vocals) fit in perfectly with the music favoured by those involved in the UK's Northern Soul club scene of the early 1970s, and Searling popularised the song at the Northern Soul club Va Va's in Bolton, and later, at Wigan Casino.

Owing to the new-found underground popularity of the song, Jones re-recorded "Tainted Love" in 1976 and released it as a single, but it also failed to chart. This version was released on her album "Vixen" and was produced by her boyfriend Marc Bolan.

The story behind the song "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones, in a short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public TV) from 2010.


Here is a clip from German TV, not sure about the time but approx 10-15 years ago or so.


Here is the original version of the tune, enjoy!



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Neal Francis - Changes

Soulful 70's funk is what Neal Francis do with his latest tune "Changes", the title tune from his latest album.

"The reincarnation of Allen Toussaint", as Craig Charles on BBC Radio 6 said about Neil.

"I just wanted to be honest about everything, from my musical influences to my story," muses Neal Francis. After years of dishonest living -- consumed by drugs, alcohol, and addiction -- such sincerity is jarring from the 30-year-old Chicago-based musician. Liberated from a self-destructive past and born anew in sobriety, Francis has captured an inspired collection of songs steeped in New Orleans rhythms and Chicago blues. His music evokes a bygone era of R&B's heyday while simultaneously forging a new path on the musical landscape. Ohio-based Karma Chief Records (a subsidiary of rising soul label Colemine Records) have already released two singles earlier this year, "These Are The Days" and "Changes, Pt. 1", with the full LP Changes to follow this fall. There is a deep connection between Francis' childhood -- his obsession with boogie woogie piano, his father's gift of a dusty Dr. John LP -- and the songs he's created. The result is an astonishing collection of material without parallel in the contemporary funk and soul scene. The influences are unmistakable: the vocal stylings of Allen Toussaint and Leon Russell; the second line rhythms of The Meters and Dr. John; the barroom rock 'n' roll of The Rolling Stones; the gospel soul of Billy Preston; the roots music of The Band. Francis pays tribute to the masters but has his own story to tell: "It's the life I've lived so far."

And what a life it's been. Born Neal Francis O'Hara, the piano prodigy found himself touring Europe by the age of 18 with Muddy Waters' son and backing up other prominent blues artists coast-to-coast. In 2012, Francis joined popular instrumental funk band The Heard. With Francis at the creative helm, The Heard transformed into a national act, touring with boogaloo progenitors The New Mastersounds and chart toppers The Revivalists and appearing at Jazz Fest and Bear Creek. As The Heard's star rose, however, Francis sunk deeper into addiction. Once a promising sideman, by 2015 he had been fired from his band, evicted from his apartment, and was perilously close to self-destruction. "When you get close to death like that you can feel it," Francis recalls. An alcohol-induced seizure that year led to a broken femur, dislocated arm, and, finally, the realization that he needed to get clean.

The journey from a hospital bed to launching his solo career was neither predictable nor straightforward. There were musical fits and starts, relapses, and broken relationships. Yet the overwhelming passion driving Francis in this second act has been an overabundance of creative energy. "Drinking held my music in a half-cocked slingshot. I was always so consumed by drugs and alcohol that I didn't have the time, money or creative energy to do it. Sobriety let it loose."

Determined to realize the songs swirling in his head, Francis assembled a crack team of musicians, calling on bassist Mike Starr (THE HEARD) and drummer PJ Howard (THE REVIVALISTS, THE HEARD). He linked up with producer and analog-obsessive Sergio Rios (ORGONE, Cee Lo Green, Alicia Keys) and self-funded a trip to Killion Sound in Los Angeles to record the initial batch of material. "I learned to trust my instincts in that room," says Francis. Buoyed by classic horn arrangements and Rios' fierce guitar work, the resulting tracks illuminate a lifetime spent studying the masters of soul music.

From the RMI electra-piano riff that kicks off "She's A Winner" to the screaming organ swells of "This Time," Francis and company let it all hang out. This is fun music, dance music. Yet verse after verse and chorus after chorus, Francis wrestles with his past in a straightforward manner: "It's 5 o'clock in the morning, but I'm not home/ I'm surrounded by people, but I'm really alone." Like Toussaint and Russell before him, he's married the upbeat rhythms of New Orleans R&B with the lyrical approach of a confessional singer/songwriter. The refrain on "This Time" serves as a foxhole prayer for a better future: "Let me get it this time/I won't let you down/Let me get it this time/I won't fool around."

Francis finished recording basic tracks for "Changes" in Los Angeles in February of 2018 and spent the following months doing overdubs in Chicago with engineer Mike Novak (who also recorded demos for the project). Soon after he was eager to begin his touring career. After signing with Paradigm Talent Agency, Neal played shows across North American supporting Australian band THE CAT EMPIRE. He has received praise on several notable radio outlets including KEXP, KCRW’s The Morning Becomes Eclectic, and BBC Radio 6. Francis and his four-piece band recently performed during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, sharing the stage with THE METERS and other legends. This summer he performed at Summer Camp and Chicago’s Chi-Soul Festival, and hit the road with Lee Fields & THE EXPRESSIONS, DUMPSTAPHUNK and others. Francis pledges to tour relentlessly to promote his own music. “I’m doing this to fulfill a drive within myself, but also to pay tribute to the gifts I’ve been given. And it comes from a place of immense gratitude."

Today's tune "Changes" is the title tune from Neal's latest album, released on 9/20/19


NEAL FRANCIS 2019 TOUR DATES:

SEP 20 FRI - Knuckleheads Saloon - Kansas City, MO [w/ Lee Fields & The Expressions]
SEP 21 SAT - Schubas - Chicago, IL [Changes Record Release Show!]
OCT 10 THU - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 11 FRI - Globe Hall - Denver, CO [w/ Black Pumas] (SOLD OUT)
OCT 12 SAT - Globe Hall - Denver, CO [w/ Black Pumas] (SOLD OUT)
OCT 14 MON - The State Room - Salt Lake City, UT [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 16 WED - Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, Canada [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 17 THU - Shakedown - Bellingham, WA [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 18 FRI - Neumos - Seattle, WA [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 19 SAT - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 21 MON - The Independent - San Francisco, CA [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 22 TUE - The Independent - San Francisco, CA [w/ Black Pumas] (SOLD OUT)
OCT 23 WED - Regent Theater DTLA - Los Angeles, CA [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 24 THU - Lodge Room Highland Park - Los Angeles, CA [w/ Black Pumas] (SOLD OUT)
OCT 25 FRI - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA [w/ Black Pumas] (SOLD OUT )
OCT 26 SAT - Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ [w/ Black Pumas]
OCT 27 SUN - 191 Toole - Tucson, AZ [w/ Black Pumas]



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Eugene McDaniels - Outlaw

"She's an outlaw, she don't wear a bra.... 

She cannot dig machismo, 

 but she really can dig some masculinity."

That's part of the lyrics of today's Sunday Classic. A tune that surprised many back in the early 70´s.

"For those expecting the McDaniels of 'A Hundred Pounds of Clay,' they might have been surprised by the opening and title track on Outlaw, when he sings 'she’s a nigger in jeans…' leading the Washington Post to suggest, after catching a few of McDaniels’ sets at Washington DC’s legendary Mr. Henry’s in June of 1970, that his 'songs are filled with words and imagery that some may find difficult to take, but they concern some of the most important issues of our time.' McDaniels had no illusions about the shift in focus of his musical career: 'I’m not out here to make any money. I’m out here to have some fun and tell the truth.'" -Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of African & African-American Studies at Duke University

Eugene Booker McDaniels (February 12, 1935 – July 29, 2011) was an African-American singer and songwriter. He had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s, and had continued success as a songwriter with songs including "Compared to What" and Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love".

Liberated from financial worries, McDaniels revived his own recording career with two albums, "Outlaw" (1970) and "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse" (1971), in which, now rechristened Eugene McDaniels, he presented a strong and sometimes bitter social and political message set to stripped-down street-funk and quasi-rock rhythms.

The cover photograph of Outlaw depicted a multiracial group of armed urban guerrillas, an explicit statement that seemed to align him more closely with the rage of Amiri Baraka and the Last Poets than with the gentler black protest music of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Curtis Mayfield's Back to the World.

Today's tune "Outlaw" is the title tune from the album "Outlaw", released 1970, enjoy!



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Khruangbin - Maria También

KHRUANGBIN is an American musical trio from Houston, Texas, formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Ray "DJ" Johnson Jr. on drums. The band is known for blending global music influences, classic soul, dub and psychedelia. Their debut album, "The Universe Smiles Upon You" (2015), draws from the history of Thai music in the 1960s, while their second album, "Con Todo El Mundo" (2018), has influences from Spain and the Middle East. Speer, Lee, and DJ also host "Air Khruang" radio shows on NTS and Facebook Live.

Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai.

Throughout "Con Todo El Mundo", Laura Lee’s melodic low-end theory, Mark’s lyrical, free-role guitar lines, and DJ’s ever-steady, ever-ready backbeat form something greater than their parts. A vibe-synchronous soul-unit travelling the planet, honing their craft, absorbing the sights, sounds and feels from cultures across the globe, processing them through the Khruangbin filter and gifting the result...with all the world.

"Con Todo El Mundo" was released January 26, 2018.

Today's tune "Maria También", the first single from the latest album "Con Todo El Mundo", tells the story of Iranian women prior to the revolution of 1979. Celebrating their creativity, freedom and ability to express themselves, the video shows a side of women in the Middle East that often isn't seen in the Western world.

The women in the video are all part of a large network of artists, singers, dancers and songwriters who have been either exiled or silenced since the revolution. With the video, KHRUANGBIN hopes to bring these remarkable women back into the spotlight and honour the artistry of silenced women everywhere.



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DeWolff - Thrust

Monday, time to introduce "Record Of The Week"

"Thrust" is the sixth album from the three-headed rock 'n roll monster DEWOLFF. The band was formed in the Deep South of Netherlands in 2007, when they were barely teenagers, by brothers Pablo (singer/guitarist) and Luka van de Poel (Drums) and Hammond organist Robin Piso. DEWOLFF was after Harvey Keitel's character, Winston Wolfe, in Pulp Fiction, their luscious and expansive neo-psychedelia saw them burst out of the city.

They have released 5 studio albums previously, all have catapulted them up the charts in their homeland. Whilst still in their teens they played the prestigious Paradiso in Amsterdam and took to the main stage at Pinkpop Festival in front of 10,000 fans, relentless touring followed, earmarking them as a formidable live act. Since then they've played to 30,000 at Lowlands Festival, 15,000 at Sziget, as well as Reeperbahn, Rockpalast, Rock Oz Arenas and supported THE BLACK KEYS, BLUES PILLS, TEN YEARS AFTER and DEEP PURPLE.

"Thrust" is a great record with a wide span in the blues-oriented rock that DEWOLFF has made a great footprint on over the years. On the album, they mix up Blues Rock with Country/Desert Rock, softer Pop Rock to Happy Funk Rock with a load of Seventies influences.

Big tunes like the opening "Big Talk" with it vibrating buzz tones, well-balanced vocal, funky drumming and whiny guitar to the more funkier rocker "California Burning" to the half paced soulful Blues ballad "Once In A Blue Moon" with a heartbreaking Hammond solo. "Double Crossing Man" is an energetic and catchy Boogie Rocker with Isaac Hayes baritone entries. "Tombstone Child" is a real catchy Rocker, excellent vocals and clever riffing. Atmospheric fuzzy melody in "Deceit & Woo", cool tune with an odd Blues break in the middle, swings with a charm. "Freeway Flight" is a beautiful and soft Blues piece. "Tragedy? Not Today" is a great gleefully tune from the past, classic American 70's riffing. "Sometimes" have a cool Low fi touch, Reggae tones with marvelous vocals. "Swain" is a hard driven piece, big and funky. "Outta Step & Ill At Ease", a real beauty closes the album, slow, folkish, heartful and emotionally.

Sum: "Thrust" is an excellent album that is worth your time, check it up.

"Thrust" was released on May 4th via Mascot Records.

Today's tune "Outta Step & Ill At Ease" is taken from "Thrust", "The tune is a very autobiographical song. It's about life on the road, being away from home and missing the ones you love. Touring is the most awesome thing in the world, but at times you can get drunk, fat, lonely and miserable. It was written in a hotel room in Madrid when I was feeling particularly drunk, fat, lonely and miserable. We got the idea of playing this song with as much musician friends as possible, firstly because we're on tour so often that we don't get the chance to play with all these wonderful people as much as we'd like to. And secondly, because it's an epic song that has to be played with an epic gang of people!” – Pablo van de Poel, enjoy!



Upcoming Tourdates:

FRI 7 SEPTEMBER European Bike Week 2018 Faak Am See, Austria
SAT 8 SEPTEMBER Appelpop Tiel, Netherlands
THU 20 SEPTEMBER Reeperbahn Festival @ Molotow Hamburg, Germany
FRI 21 SEPTEMBER Reeperbahn Festival @ Knust Hamburg, Germany
SAT 29 SEPTEMBER BlijburgAmsterdam, Netherlands
MON 8 OCTOBER La Cave Aux Poètes Roubaix, France
TUE 9 OCTOBER Black Shelter #distillery - Nantes Carquefou, France
WED 10 OCTOBER Krakatoa Mérignac, France
THU 11 OCTOBER L'Atabal Biarritz, France
FRI 12 OCTOBER Unknown venue Zaragoza, Spain
SAT 13 OCTOBER Factoría Cultural Avilés Avilés, Spain
SUN 14 OCTOBER Kafe Antzokia Bilbao, Spain
TUE 16 OCTOBER El Sol Madrid, Spain
WED 17 OCTOBER Loco Club Valencia, Spain
THU 18 OCTOBER Rocksound Barcelona, Spain
FRI 19 OCTOBER The Paper Club Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
SUN 21 OCTOBER La Nef Angouleme, France
MON 22 OCTOBER Ubu Rennes, France
TUE 23 OCTOBER La Maroquinerie Paris, France
THU 25 OCTOBER Croc' The Rock Festival Lausanne, Switzerland
FRI 26 OCTOBER L'Autre Canal Nancy, France
SAT 27 OCTOBER Bogen F Zürich, Switzerland
SUN 28 OCTOBER L'Antonnoir Besançon, France
TUE 6 NOVEMBER MTC Cologne, Germany
WED 7 NOVEMBER Zeche Carl Essen, Germany
THU 8 NOVEMBER Gleis 22 Münster, Germany
FRI 9 NOVEMBER Speicher Husum, Germany
SUN 11 NOVEMBER Centralstation Darmstadt, Germany
TUE 13 NOVEMBER Goldmark's Stuttgart, Germany
WED 14 NOVEMBER Chelsea Vienna, Austria
THU 15 NOVEMBER Halle, Backstage Munich, Germany
FRI 16 NOVEMBER Club Stereo Nuremberg, Germany
SAT 17 NOVEMBER Helldorado Festival Eindhoven, Netherlands
MON 19 NOVEMBER Klubovna Povalec Prague, Czech Republic
TUE 20 NOVEMBER LuxHannover, Germany
WED 21 NOVEMBER Musik & Frieden Berlin, Germany
THU 22 NOVEMBER Hsd Museumskeller Erfurt, Germany
FRI 23 NOVEMBER Beatpol Dresden, Germany
FRI 30 NOVEMBER Mezz Breda Breda, Netherlands
SAT 1 DECEMBER Dru Cultuurfabriek Ulft, Netherlands
THU 6 DECEMBER Oosterpoort @ EM2 Groningen, Netherlands
FRI 7 DECEMBER P60 Amstelveen, Netherlands
SAT 8 DECEMBER Willem Twee poppodium's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
FRI 14 DECEMBER Podium Victorie Alkmaar, Netherlands
SAT 15 DECEMBER Ancienne Belgique - AB Club Brussels, Belgium
FRI 21 DECEMBER 't Beest Goes, Netherlands
SAT 22 DECEMBER Gebr. de Nobel Leiden, Netherlands
FRI 28 DECEMBER Het Burgerweeshuis Deventer, Netherlands
SAT 29 DECEMBER TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands
FRI 4 JANUARY Bibelot Dordrecht, Netherlands
SAT 5 JANUARY Gebouw T Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
THU 10 JANUARY Luxor Live Arnhem, Netherlands
FRI 11 JANUARY Neushoorn Leeuwarden, Netherlands
SAT 12 JANUARY Metropool Hengelo, Netherlands
FRI 18 JANUARY Hedon Zwolle, Netherlands
THU 24 JANUARY KAF Almere, Netherlands
FRI 25 JANUARY Poppodium Grenswerk Venlo, Netherlands
SAT 26 JANUARY Patronaat Haarlem, Netherlands
THU 31 JANUARY Fluor Amersfoort, Netherlands
FRI 1 FEBRUARY Paard The Hague, Netherlands
SAT 2 FEBRUARY Muziekgieterij Maastricht, Netherlands

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Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different

Sunday, time for a classic,

Betty Davis was born July 26, 1945 and is an American funk and soul singer. She is known as one of the most influential voices of the funk era and a performer who was known for her memorable live shows.

She met Miles Davis in 1967 and married him in September 1968. The marriage was short-lived due to his temperament. In just one year of marriage, she influenced him greatly by introducing him to the fashions and the new popular music trends of the era. In his autobiography, Miles credited Betty with helping to plant the seeds of his future musical explorations by introducing the trumpeter to psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and funk innovator Sly Stone. The Miles Davis album Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) includes a song named after her and her photo on the front cover.

"They Say I Am Different" profiles the groundbreaking funk musician described by Miles Davis as “Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince”

Today's tune is the title track taken from the second studio album "They Say I'm Different" by Betty Davis, it was released in 1974. Enjoy!



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War - Low Rider

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band WAR and producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their album "Why Can't We Be Friends?", released in 1975.

WAR (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer". Formed in 1969, WAR is a musical crossover band which fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling album of 1973. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.

According to the All Music Guide review of the song, "the lyric takes the cool image of the low rider — the Chicano culture practice of hydraulically hot-rodding classic cars — and using innuendo, extends the image to a lifestyle". The song's most distinguishable feature is its driving bass line, which is present for nearly all of the song. It also ends with a siren-like noise that then becomes a saxophone solo.

The vocal is by the band's brass player, Charles Miller

The group's sax player, Charles Miller, came up with the idea for the song. Brown explains:

"What happened on 'Low Rider' was in the studio, we were jamming, and I was supposed to have been on the downbeat. But all of the sudden I was on the upbeat. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I got the beat turned around.' I didn't panic. I said, 'Wait a minute. Stay there. Don't change it. Stay.' Because as long as you keep doing it over and over and over, it won't be a mistake. We were just messing around, you know. Then the next thing I know, Charles started just singing, "Low ri-der drives a little slower. The low..." he was just pumping it. And then the next thing I know Lee's over there putting that harmonica on, because Lee is a melody man all the time. And then - boom. If you'd hear the original version of it, all with that jam, that would be worth a million right there. When we finished it, all of us looked at it, 'That's a hit.' We didn't know that it was going to be an icon. You've got to say it's Americana. I don't care if you're driving a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce or if you have a hooptie - hearing it thumping, it just works because it predicts historically a time period in America. That's true about all music, pretty much. If you go back and look at a lot of music from 1800 to the turn of the century, all through the 1900s, how they used to write songs, "You're my little tulip." And then when you go into the 1940s all of the sudden you're talking about growing squash corn, and you're relating your love to that. Then you went into the '50s, you started getting Fats Domino and all them Hollywood types singing - that time period relating to it. Or even Chuck Berry. And then you got into our music, and then you started having all the other artists doing it, like we're not the only ones. But there were certain things during that time period, especially when we went into the Vietnam War, stuff was happening. Then we came on past the Vietnam War, and then all of the sudden the Disco stuff started happening. And then right up to now. You'll be able to look at it, you can tell what was going on, just like food or anything. What was happening. Clothes and everything. So our music, like 'Low Rider,' started setting a trend right there."

Today's tune "Low Rider" is taken from the album "Why Can't We Be Friends?"


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Hoffmaestro - Highway Man

Sunday, time for a classic.

HOFFMAESTRO is a Swedish ska, electronic and alternative pop band. Their music is a mix of Ska with reggae, Techno, New Orleans-funk and Country.

HOFFMAESTRO is an example of the band that has built its reputation and a large fan base through touring rather than through media exposure. The band's breakthrough came with the film Stockholm Boogie in 2005. written, directed and soundtrack recorded by HOFFMAESTRO themeselves, particularly with the theme song "Desperado". In subsequent years, they released two EP's and a full-length album The Storm on Warner Music. The band was nominated for a Grammy for the music video of "Young Dad" and for the song "Highway Man".

They have, among other acts, played on many Swedish music festivals including Peace & Love. Their greatest influences are FUNKADELIC, MANO CHAO, DR. JOHN, GUNS N' ROSES, SKA-P, PAKITO, DAVID RUFFIN and BEASTIE BOYS.

Through frequent touring and songs like "Highway Man", "Desperado" and "The Storm", they have cemented their position as one of the country's best live bands. Their mix between ska and punk, seasoned with lots of energy, makes no one stand still during their concerts. They have played twice before on Big Scene at Gröna Lund here in Stockholm and they always create an almost magical mood, where the audience dances, sings and sounds the band's smallest wave. September 15th it's time to get ready for another HOFFMAESTRO concert at Gröna Lund!

Today's tune "Highway Man" is taken from the 2008 album "The Storm", enjoy!



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Dan Reed Network - Save the World

DAN REED NETWORK’s latest record “"Fight Another Day”" marks the anticipated return of one of the most infectious and gifted bands to come out in the Melodic Rock World in the second part of the 80’s!

Formed originally in Portland, Oregon, the band began packing out local clubs from late 1984 through 1986 with their infectious mixture of hard rock, funk and soul. After releasing their EP ‘Breathless’ and having a top ten single on local radio, ‘Steal Me’, DRN signed to Polygram/Mercury Records. In the winter of 1987, the group released their self-titled debut album which was produced by Bruce Fairbairn (BON JOVI, AEROSMITH) and engineered/mixed by Mike Fraser in Vancouver, Canada. The first single, “Ritual” peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Charts and became a staple of what became known as the ‘Funk Rock’ genre. The debut album received a wealth of positive reviews, not the least of which was a four-star write-up from the notoriously hard-to-please Rolling Stone Magazine.

DAN REED NETWORK’ went over to Europe to support the album and had legendary performances at the Marquee Club in London and the The Melody Club in Stockholm, which are still talked about to this day. While attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum induction ceremony in January 1989 in New York, Dan Reed met up with producer Nile Rodgers (Duran Duran, Madonna, David Bowie) which led to the creation of the second album “Slam”. Produced by Rodgers, it better represented the DAN REED NETWORK’ live sound and accelerated the band’s growing status in Europe. DAN REED NETWORK’ opened the European leg of BON JOVIs ‘New Jersey Tour’ in 1989 and THE ROLLING STONES’ European ‘Urban Jungle Tour’ in 1990. The DAN REED NETWORK’s third album ‘The Heat’, produced by Bruce Fairbairn in 1991, was their biggest success in the UK, mostly due to the single ‘Lover’ which was accompanied by a live video from Wembley Stadium filmed when they opened for THE ROLLING STONES’. Despite some success and disillusioned with the record business and all it’s trappings, the band eventually disbanded, much to the dismay of their supporters around the globe.

Fast forward to the 21st century and DAN REED NETWORK’ played their 25th anniversary reunion show on New Years Eve 2012 in their home town of Portland, Oregon, with all the original band members: Dan Reed, Dan Pred, Brion James, Melvin Brannon II and Blake Sakamoto. The members found it was incredibly fun being back together and consequently DAN REED NETWORK’ decided it was a good time to bring the band and the music back to Europe and performed three sold out shows in Stockholm at Debaser, outside of London at the Enchanted Festival and at the Diamond Rock Club in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Dan Reed says: “It's been 25 years since our last studio album "The Heat" was released, and to be honest, I never envisioned making another DAN REED NETWORK’ album despite countless people throughout the world encouraging us to do so. But with a mixture of fate and a collective of trusted friends and supporters in the business coming to the table, I am excited to say we are poised to release a brand new record entitled "Fight Another Day" in 2016 on Frontiers, home of many artists that we in fact admired back when we were first hitting the scene and before. Finally the stars aligned perfectly to have it all come together and make this album, and to have Derek Shulman, who originally singed DAN REED NETWORK’ to Polygram in 1987, once again being in our lives as our co-manager and A&R man, brings us full circle. As for the sound and approach of the album the band and I thought it would be a great experiment and interesting challenge to revisit what endeared the band to so many back in the day and deliver a rock record with funk and soul elements, strong melodies, but this time around incorporate even edgier lyrics while not losing sight that this release needed to be uplifting, infectious, and most of all, powerful when performed live. The title "Fight Another Day" represents the fact that after 25 years we were able to gravitate back to the passion we discovered playing together all those years ago, and battle once more!“ The band looks forward to the world's response to this new labor of love, and this testament to the bonds of friendship and musical chemistry!

Today's tune "Save the World" is taken from the latest album "Fight Another Day"



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Charles Bradley - Changes

Changes is the third album released by American funk/soul singer Charles Bradley, released on 1 April 2016 on Daptone Records. The title track on the album is a cover of the BLACK SABBATH song of the same name and was first released as a Record Store Day Black Friday single in 2013.

Charles Bradley (born November 5, 1948) is an American funk/soul/R&B singer, signed to the Daptone Records label under the Dunham Records division. His performances and recording style are consistent with Daptone's revivalist approach, celebrating the feel of funk and soul music from the 1960s and 1970s.

Bradley's vocal style, describing him as "the closest living equivalent to Brown" and concluding that "Bradley sings of his aches and pleasures with such conviction that he makes one believe this is possible".

He is the subject of a documentary, Soul of America, that premiered at South by Southwest in 2012. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in October 2016 :( FUCK CANCER!!

Today's tune "Changes", is taken from Charles Bradley's latest album, enjoy the tune. Get well Charles!



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Electric Boys - If Only She Was Lonely

Sweden's prime space cadets ELECTRIC BOYS are runnin' on rocket fuel with their latest album "Starflight United" and their new single "If Only She Was Lonely".

"Starflight United" is an album that contains Funky Riffs, Grooves and great Psychedelia. The new video "If Only She Was Lonely" was directed by Rickard Linder and edited by Robert Mila, it follows Spaced Out as the second track issued from the band’s fifth album, 2014’s "Starflight United".

Sweden's ELECTRIC BOYS were one of the first and most celebrated purveyors of the short-lived funk metal phenomenon of the late '80s and early '90s. Led by charismatic singer and guitarist Conny Bloom and with a splash of beatle-esque pop-psychedelia, the quartet garnered rave reviews and built an impressive following in Europe & America. 

 

Todays tune "If Only She Was Lonely" is the second video from the album "Starflight United" (2014). Captain Bloom and crew wish you a pleasant flight.



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