Tag Archive | funk
Feature Review: Stew & the Negro Problem, Making It
Stew & the Negro Problem Making It [Tight Natural Productions (2011)] For nearly 15 years, singer-songwriter Stew and bassist/arranger/composer Heidi Rodewald were a couple as well as musical partners in two groups—the Negro Problem and Stew. After the pair’s successful collaboration on the Tony winning musical Passing Strange, their personal relationship started to unravel, and [...]
Review: Gecko Turner, Gone Down South
Here’s one from your humble editor. Things are getting a little chillier on the island these days, and the coconuts aren’t falling quite as often, but here comes an AfroBeatnik to provide some new world music grooves. Funky guitar, lyrics in two languages, and some smokey-raspy singing sure go down smooth.
Review: Cyril Neville, The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007
Cyril Neville The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007 [M.C. Records (2010)] The youngest of the Neville Brothers, Cyril Neville, 62, has long provided some of the funkiest moments to ever come out of New Orleans. His Caribbean-rooted conga playing and soulful vocals have produced some of the most explosive peaks of concerts and recordings by the Meters, [...]
Review: Ryan Montbleau Band, Heavy on the Vine
The Ryan Montbleau Band’s most recent album was produced by Martin Sexton, and they’re fresh off a tour as the singer-songwriter’s opening act and backing band.
