New York Series: Stevie Wonder “Living for the City”
“I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow, and that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow.”
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Midnight Generation World Tour Stop in NYC This October
Mexican Electro-Funk band Midnight Generation announced their 2025 Tender Love World Tour. The band will stop at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on October 15.
Midnight Generation is led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Fernando…
High Fade Draws Buffalo in at The Caz
High Fade made a stop on their ‘Life’s Too Fast’ tour for a fast paced, intimate, packed show at The Caz in South Buffalo on March 3, part of their third tour in America.
On a harsh Monday night in Buffalo, High Fade was able to…
Bob Schneider heats up City Winery: Hudson Valley
On Friday, February 21, Bob Schneider brought a fantastic and diverse, solo acoustic set to City Winery: Hudson Valley. The temperature outside might have been frigid, but Bob brought the heat to Montgomery. With a mixed-genre set,…
Cymande Celebrate Old School Funk on First US Tour in Over a Decade
Cymande, the legendary UK funk band, kicked off their first U.S. tour in over a decade on February 13th, at Irving Plaza.
Patrick Paterson; Lukomnik Photography
You may not know Cymande by their name, but as one of the most sampled…
New York Series: Rick James ‘Below the Funk (Pass the J)’
Many artists on the cusp of reaching their creative aspirations look forward, not backwards, to create their masterpiece and attain the level of fame and artistic fulfillment they strive their entire career to achieve. If they have the…
Oobleck: Inciting Funk in the Capital Region since 2008
Albany-based analog funk band Oobleck has been in Capital Region faces with their funk for 16 years and they don't plan to quit anytime soon.
Oobleck, founded in 2008, is an original, analog funk band out of the Capital…
Psych-Funk Band Lettuce Partners with GZA of Wu Tang Clan for 2025 Co-Headline Tour
Psychedelic funk band Lettuce and legendary emcee GZA join forces for 'The Get Up Tour' in 2025. The tour sees 17 dates including one at Brooklyn Steel on February 7.
GRAMMY-nominated psychedelic funk band Lettuce kicks off…
Cymande’s Triumphant Return: Getting It Back Documentary and New Album Renascence Reignite a Legacy
On October 30, I had the privilege of attending a special screening at Ludlow House in NYC for Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande, an empowering documentary directed by Tim Mackenzie-Smith.
This award-winning director crafted a…
Funk Ensemble The Soul Rebels to Perform at Binghamton University on November 1
New Orleans-based funk-fusion band The Soul Rebels have announced an upcoming show at Anderson Center at Binghamton University.
The Soul Rebels started with an idea - to expand upon the pop music the members loved on the radio and…