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Gallery: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic – Seattle, Wa – 30.07.23

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic this past Sunday night brought the “Just for the Funk of It!” tour to the historic Paramount Theatre in Seattle Washington. The packed theatre was…

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Track: SUSU – Die Inside

New York rock and roll outfit SUSU have shared their brand new release ‘Die Inside’, which is taken from their upcoming album ‘Call Susie’ due later this year. The band consists…

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Track: SUSU – Waiting

The smouldering New York City outfit SUSU have shared a brand new track ‘Waiting’, which is the seventh single lifted from their upcoming album ‘Call Susie’ due later this year. The…

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Meet: Barnaby Weir from The Black Seeds chats about hope, building grooves and finding meaning with their long awaited album “Love and Fire” and nationwide tour.

Aotearoa’s Barnaby Weir has earnt his place as the humble, iconic and supremely talented national treasure and “chef” to such epic musical projects as The Black Seeds and Fly my…

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Album Review: Almon Memela – Funky Africa : a South African soul-jazz classic revived.

Call off the search! The chroniclers at We Are Busy Bodies continue their significant excavation of the rich seams of seventies South African jazz with the release of Almon Memela’s…

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Live Review: Kenny Thomas / Acantha Lang -O2 Academy, Sheffield 22.04.2022

A trip to Sheffield O2 Academy last Friday, I wasn’t sure what to expect as I hadn’t seen Kenny perform for a long time, suffice to say that I was…

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Live Review: Jordan Rakei / Ruti And Olivia Dean – O2 Brixton Academy, London

By Cath Dupuy Jordan Rakei’s final date of his European/UK tour at 02 Brixton Academy was predestined to be memorable. His finely tuned and exceptionally talented band was augmented with a…

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News: Lianne La Havas Announces A Residency At KOKO 9TH, 10TH & 11TH MAY

Lianne La Havas announces a residency at KOKO. She will perform three shows at the newly restored and redeveloped iconic London venue on Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th May. Lianne’s eponymous, self-produced third…

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Live Review: Smoove and Turrell / Vandebilt – Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh 29.01.2022

So here we are at last – the long awaited album launch show for Stratos Bleu released June 2020 on Jalapenos Records. Smoove and Turrell returned to the Voodoo Rooms…

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Premiere: Listen to the New Memphis Colorways album ‘It Is What It Isn’t’ in full; a modern funk-jazz journey

Out tomorrow (May 21st) is the new album from Memphis multi-instrumentalist Paul Taylor, under his New Memphis Colorways guise, called It Is What It Isn’t. Ahead of its release we’re…

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