Tag: funk

Jun 25

Dakota Jones share single: I Did it to Myself

Now this is just the sort of sul­try num­ber to make you long for the prop­er return of live music, an evening in an inti­mate venue, doing your stuff on the dance floor with social dis­tanc­ing noth­ing but a dis­tant mem­o­ry. The artists in ques­tion are Dako­ta Jones, a funk blues and soul out­fit making…

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Mar 16

Busty and the Bass: new space grooves

Busty and the Bass met dur­ing their first week as stu­dents in the jazz pro­gramme at Mon­tre­al’s McGill Uni­ver­si­ty back in 2011. I first heard the octet when they released their 2020 album called Eddie, accom­pa­nied by the dis­tinc­tive­ly warm, raspy vocals of Macy Gray. And now there’s a new release – an ‘inter­galac­tic’ EP, The ET Suite via Arts…

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