After a long wait, Melbourne’s Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (The POAO) is set to release their second album, “Naming & Blaming”, a pulsing, percussive journey into classic afrobeat, led by fierce vocals and a howling horn section…
Melbourne collective The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra release “Fight So Hard”, a simmering slow burn with MC One Sixth trading rap verses with singers Kuukua and Lydia Acquah, Fem Belling and Lamine Sonko…
The highlight of Tallinn Music Week 2017 for a funk junkie was without a doubt the Estonian Funk Embassy stage with a range of bands from jazz-funk to soul-funk, afro-funk, psychedelic trance-folk and electro-pop…
Dem Juju Poets is the new alias of prolific German DJ and producer David Hanke aka Renegades Of Jazz and will henceforth be the primary outlet for his afro-driven music…
German producer, composer and multi instrumentalist David Nesselhauf revisits a time in the 70s when innovative bands were working on a rhythmic and experimental fusion of African music and German rock, labelled “Afrokraut”…
Wah Wah 45s reissue Haitian pianist and singer/songwriter Henri-Pierre Noel’s 1980’s dance floor friendly album “One More Step”, which blends disco and afro-funk into a unique brand of dance floor fusion…
Emerging Italian afro-funk band Funky Mama will be opening for funk legend Martha High in the Roman date of her Italian tour alongside The TC Gang, at Rising Love club on Friday, March 21st…
10-piece heavy soul and funk powerhouse The Impellers are very proud to present their long-anticipated second album “This Is Not A Drill”, a mix of strong original material and new versions of contemporary tracks, out on CD/LP/Digital on Legere Recordings. The new album brings together influences including heavy soul, deep funk, latin and afrobeats, hip […]
