The frankly unstoppable Ibibio Sound Machine today share new single Basquiat and announce tour dates, including a whole weekend at new Manchester venue YES. Listen to the single below and
» Read moreIan Curtis’ crew may not be the most obvious to get the New Orleans jazz treatment from Hot 8, but anyone who knows a little about the band will understand
» Read moreGroovement first spoke to Agbeko, the 11-strong Manchester-based funk powerhouse, last April ahead of their Unite EP launch. They’ve gone from strength to strength since then and haven’t left my
» Read moreWest African psych rock meets Ethio jazz with the debut release from The Sandman Project: Royal Family, out 26th October on Batov Records. PRE-ORDER VINYL / DIGITAL ON BANDCAMP
» Read more Mr Bongo have announced the first five releases in their Pride series, reissuing tracks from the label that first put out music from The Sylvers and The Incredible Bongo
» Read moreMoonlight Walking by Mamilah Instantly bright and soulful jazz out today from Leeds-based Mamilah, the sun suitably breaking through the clouds as I write this. Afro-flecked, funk-infused big-smile sounds. Would
» Read moreUK funk crew The Exacters have taken on the MJ classic: You can buy their debut single. Ain’t Gonna Lie, on 7 inch vinyl here.
» Read moreThe Getup are one of the UK’s premier funk bands, a horn driven explosion of musicianship who have recently released their third long player on East Green Records (a label
» Read moreAnother Big Crown Records Sureshot… 55, the debut LP from Hamburg collective Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, took many by surprise with its pure swagger. Named for the eight mile
» Read moreBrand new music from Big Crown Records’ steel pan specialists and Mocambo Records veterans, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band. It’s the first drop from their second album, due in September,
» Read moreThe lovely people at Rocafort Records reissue this gorgeous stomper as a 45, ahead of its inclusion on a new compilation entitled Funk For The People. Order it on Bandcamp
» Read moreOne of our oldest friends returns to Manchester in July to celebrate the release of her second album, Ruthless Day, on Jalapeño Records. Gizelle always pours her heart out on
» Read moreRelease: 18 May 2018 Record Kicks 15th contains classics from the label along with seven new tracks, including two new signings. Record Kicks 15th by Record Kicks The Milan based
» Read moreProphet is a just-about-unknown funk musician from the San Fran Bay Area who’s about to become a lot more known. Find out more about his story here. Pre-order the album
» Read moreDust (Dimitri From Paris Vs. Cotonete Remixes) by Gizelle Smith Dimitri From Paris re-teams with jazz funk crew Cotonete to produce a disco remix of Gizelle Smith’s single Dust, which
» Read more@bandonthewall this evening for @hannahwilliamstheaffirmations … #groovement interview forthcoming #funk #soul #vinyl A post shared by Agent J (Groovement) (@jamiegroovement) on Mar 10, 2018 at 12:52pm PST Late Nights and
» Read moreUncovered Icelandic funk courtesy of DJ Platurn. A 2CD set which includes rare photos, via Platurn’s father Magnus Thordarson, and other treasures from Iceland’s music scene of the late 1960s
» Read moreBrooklyn’s Shareef Keyes is backed by a 12-piece band comprising New York City’s finest young artists. Their new LP, Cooking Something, is a gorgeous fusion of jazz, hip hop and
» Read moreTwo new re-edits from Djar One: the A side reworks Are You My Woman from the Chi-lites, as sampled for Crazy In Love. The B is an organ led funky
» Read moreFollowing their explosive EP launch at Band On The Wall, Agbeko play the infamous Riot Jazz on 25 November. Let this live version of Unite get you in the mood.
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