Playlist: Rafael Tranquilino
Guitarist Rafael Tranquilino is well known in Mexico, where he tours frequently. But he’s lived in the NW for over 12 years, spending the first... Read more
Category: Funk
Video of the week
More funk. 90 minutes of James Brown and co. at Woodstock. Read more
Video of the week
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, live in the KEXP studio, September 2016. Host: Morgan. Read more
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears at Neumos
Black Joe Lewis will be back in Seattle this week, playing one night at Neumos on Thursday. I haven’t heard his Backlash album all the... Read more
Video of the week: Please Please Please
Three contrasting covers of James Brown‘s Please Please Please. First Mike Zito‘s laid back, Midwestern twang; then The Godfather himself; and finally Black Joe Lewis‘... Read more
Video of the week: Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito – Honest Man Negrito’s journey into the blues is a fascinating story. His EP is an amazing blues funk consummation, although his first... Read more
Video of the week: Black Joe Lewis
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears – Mustang Ranch Joe mixes funk and blues for a very entertaining and high energy style. Think Howlin’ Wolf... Read more
NW blues profile: Curtis Salgado
Born in Everett in 1954 and based in Eugene, Curtis Salgado began his professional career with The Nighthawks in the late 60s, notable as the... Read more
Fantastic Negrito
I noticed a very busy news feed on Twitter, an artist named Fantastic Negrito. Modesty aside, he’s gone from being a big-time gangsta rap star,... Read more
This would be satisfying
Ran across this photo recently and thought to myself, wouldn’t it have been something to see those two to on the stage together? I heard... Read more