Sho is Funky Down Here and The Grodeck Whipperjenny are a pair of albums that are the result of an unlikely but highly productive musical relationship between James Brown, a superstar at the creative and commercial peaks of his long career, and David Matthews, a then young arranger-musician whose limited professional experience had little or nothing to do with the funk and soul of his collaborator.
James Brown Goes Underground – a short film about these albums by Bennett Piscitelli.. (more…)
Egon, holding the Universoul’s funk killer “New Generation.” This and hundreds of other songs from all eras and all genres are up now in his Spotify playlist. Photo by Eilon Paz for Dust and Grooves.
Currently at 22 hours and counting, Egon has assembled a Spotify playlist. It will be updated regularly and should take the pressure off trying to figure out the best of the most obscure tracks in the billions of tracks now available at the streaming behemoth. At least in one music fan’s perspective.
Krautjazzrock produced by JJ Whitefield (Poets of Rhythm/Whitefield Brothers). The long-standing band’s third album. Featuring Embryo’s Marja Burchard. LP w/ Download Card/CD.
Non Ex Orbis, the band’s third studio album, digs deeper into the Krautrock history embedded deep in the soil of their native Munch – three of the most influential bands of the 1970s experimental German rock scene spurng from there: Amon Düül, Popol Vuh and Embryo. (more…)
This was the second pop up in what will be three events – Rappcats brought back Ubiquity Records founder Michael McFadin and thousands of records from the collection of “Boston” Bob Gibson for a record shop in our 1500 square foot space in Highland Park. The shop is now closed but the online grab bag is still available. (more…)
A rock concept album, as progressive as it is psychedelic, recorded by a 17 year old Tom Nehls and his high school friends in Minneapolis over a three month period in late 1972.nShipping late April 2019
Now-Again Reserve: Custom-made LP’s delivered once per quarter, presenting some of the rarest records in their respective genres in high quality LP format. Each release is produced with the direct participation of the artist.(more…)
