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More funk. 90 minutes of James Brown and co. at Woodstock. Read more
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More funk. 90 minutes of James Brown and co. at Woodstock. Read more
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, live in the KEXP studio, September 2016. Host: Morgan. Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today is Mardi Gras. Who better to mark the occasion than New Orleans blues/funk/boogie icon Dr. John. Right Place, Wrong Time was a hit in... Read more