Body Music, Afro Funk's 1975 LP was recorded and released in London, England. The band was comprised mostly of West-African expatriates residing there. At the time the city was host to a vibrant ...

One of the incredible things about recorded music is its ability to travel across time, space, and cultural boundaries. The story of Black Market Brass and their debut album, Cheat And Start A Fight, ...

Combining the sounds of Afrobeat, Ghanaian Funk, and Ethio Jazz, Dérobé (Pronounced Day-Row-Bay) Dance Band creates a unique brand of heavy dance music tinged with dark intensity. Their debut 45, ...

The 1970s saw a seemingly endless amount of funky music coming from Nigeria, but very few recordings were as masterfully crafted or skillfully executed as the music of Peter King. In particular, ...

Man schrieb das Jahr 1976 als der gebürtige Nigerianer, Band Leader und Multiinstrumentalist PETER KING das Album ,Omo Lewa" schuf. KING bewegte sich beständig zwischen Afrobeat, Highlife und Jazz ...

  [ENG] For Sonny Knight and the Lakers, 2014 was equal parts unexpected and deserved. The release of their debut album, I'm Still Here, nearly 50 years after a young Sonny recorded his first single, ...

For SONNY KNIGHT, the making of his debut album nearly 50 years after releasing his first single has effectively pushed the reset button on a long and interrupted career, bringing it around full ...

For SONNY KNIGHT, the making of his debut album nearly 50 years after releasing his first single has effectively pushed the reset button on a long and interrupted career, bringing it around full ...

Vitality is defined as the power to live or grow, and perseverance pertains to the qualities of moving forward when an obstacle stands in your way. The music of soul man Sonny Knight brims with these ...

Vitality is defined as the power to live or grow, and perseverance pertains to the qualities of moving forward when an obstacle stands in your way. The music of soul man Sonny Knight brims with these ...

Stand on the corner of Cedar & 42nd in South Minneapolis and it can feel like you are eavesdropping on the sounds of a jukebox smuggled out of 1960s Havana. On summer nights, when windows fling open ...

In den frühen Siebziger Jahren gründete HARRY MOSCO die mittlerweile legendäre Funk-Rock-Band THE FUNKEES. Auf der Suche nach einer größeren Plattform zog die Band 1973 kollektiv nach London. Vier ...

Throughout the sixties, Mickey Murray made a name for himself as a hard working entertainer viewed by many as a cross between James Brown and Otis Redding. He held a regular gig with Dyke and The ...

Destruction by the Nkengas originally hit streets in 1973, overflowing with heavy Afro-beat, Afro-rock, and gritty highlife. Few copies were pressed, and today it can take months of searching to find ...

CD mit achtseitigem Booklet. Fast 45 Jahr lang war ein komplettes Album von VIC PITTS & THE CHEATERS in den Schleier der Vergessenheit gehüllt, bis es jetzt endlich veröffentlicht wird. In den späten ...

In 1971 The Valdons released their one and only record, "All Day Long" B/W "Love Me, Leave Me." While it never earned them massive commercial success, today it is remembered by many as an incredible ...

Amidst the socially and politically tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, Angela Davis emerged as one of the era's most controversial figures. In the early 1970s, her arrest, incarceration, and trial made ...

Teil 3 der "One-derful"-Kollektion befasst sich mit M-Pac!, dem Blues und Hard Soul Sublabel dieser legendären R&B Labelgruppe. M-PAC! begibt sich damit in die gute Gesellschaft der One-derful! und ...

Der zweite Teil der One-derful! Collection widmet sich ausschließlich Mar-V-Lus, dem Teenager Unterlabel der legendären R&B Label Group. Mar-V-Lus folgt auf die On-derful/ Records Compilation und ...

Der erste Teil der ,One-derfu!l Collection" dreht sich um das gleichnamige Unterlabel der Label Group aus Chicago, die in naher Zukunft von Compilations der Mar-V-Lus, M-Pac!, Halo, Midas und Toddlin ...

Der erste Teil der ,One-derfu!l Collection" dreht sich um das gleichnamige Unterlabel der Label Group aus Chicago, die in naher Zukunft von Compilations der Mar-V-Lus, M-Pac!, Halo, Midas und Toddlin ...