JAMES BROWN – Live @ North Sea Jazz Festival (2004)

This weekend 3-5 May, 2024, we commemorate the great James Brown who was born 91 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_muNh5C_AYY&ab_channel=NorthSeaJazzArchive Setlist:0:00 Danny Ray introduces the crew.Soul Generals:1:31 Damn Right I Am Somebody6:22 Ain't It Funky7:40 Gimme Some MoreJames Brown:7:57 Danny Ray Introduction10:32 Make It Funky16:29 Get Up Offa That Thing22:52 Soul Power/Soul Man29:40 Blues In The… Continue lendo JAMES BROWN – Live @ North Sea Jazz Festival (2004)

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – A Taste of the Apocalypse (2023)

Monika Roscher Bigband is comprised of 18 musicians and exists somewhere between math-rock, prog-jazz, avant-pop and experimental electronics. Formed in in Munich in 2011 the band soon made waves with their thrilling live performances and the boundary bashing ideas of Monika Roscher, their founder, singer, guitarist and conductor. Their first two albums Failure in Wonderland (2012, Enja… Continue lendo MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – A Taste of the Apocalypse (2023)

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Direct Connection (live)

Monika Roscher Bigband is comprised of 18 musicians and exists somewhere between math-rock, prog-jazz, avant-pop and experimental electronics. Formed in in Munich in 2011 the band soon made waves with their thrilling live performances and the boundary bashing ideas of Monika Roscher, their founder, singer, guitarist and conductor. Their first two albums Failure in Wonderland (2012, Enja… Continue lendo MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Direct Connection (live)

KOKOROKO – Boiler Room X Friday Late @ Victoria & Albert Mvsevm, London | Fvll concert (2017)

Kokoroko (stylised as KOKOROKO) is a London-based eight-piece musical group led by Sheila Maurice-Grey, playing a fusion of jazz and Afrobeat. In February 2019 they were named "ones to watch" by The Guardian, after their track "Abusey Junction" garnered 23 million views on YouTube. In February 2020 they won Best Group at the Urban Music… Continue lendo KOKOROKO – Boiler Room X Friday Late @ Victoria & Albert Mvsevm, London | Fvll concert (2017)

PEEPING TOM – Live @ Dour Festival (2006)

Peeping Tom were an American rock band led by Mike Patton. To date, they have released one eponymous album and three singles on Ipecac Recordings. The band has featured a wide variety of well-known artists such as Amon Tobin, Massive Attack, Dub Trio, Odd Nosdam, Norah Jones, Bebel Gilberto, Dan the Automator, and Kool Keith.… Continue lendo PEEPING TOM – Live @ Dour Festival (2006)

FANFARE CIOCARLIA & ADRIAN RASO – Swing Sagarese | Live @ Montreal Jazz Festival (2016)

Fanfare Ciocărlia is a twelve-piece Romani Balkan brass band from the northeastern Romanian village of Zece Prăjini. They are known for their fast, high-energy music with complex rhythms and high-speed staccato clarinet, saxophone, and trumpet solos. Wikipedia The Montreal International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest… Continue lendo FANFARE CIOCARLIA & ADRIAN RASO – Swing Sagarese | Live @ Montreal Jazz Festival (2016)

RACIONAIS MC’S – 3 Décadas ao Vivo [fvll concert] (2024)

Racionais MC's are a Brazilian hip-hop group based in São Paulo. The original lineup formed in 1988 consisted of Mano Brown, Ice Blue, Edi Rock, and DJ KL Jay. Each member hails from the ring of favelas on the peripheries of SP. Their lyrics are chronicles on themes such as social inequality and injustice, racism,… Continue lendo RACIONAIS MC’S – 3 Décadas ao Vivo [fvll concert] (2024)

LAVRYN HILL – Live @ Reggae Rotterdam Festival | 25th anniversary of The Misedvcation (1998-2023)

Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Hill is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as one of the most influential musicians of her generation. She is often credited for breaking barriers for female rappers, popularizing melodic rap, and pioneering… Continue lendo LAVRYN HILL – Live @ Reggae Rotterdam Festival | 25th anniversary of The Misedvcation (1998-2023)

WEATHER REPORT – Live in Cologne (1983) [fvll concert]

What a feast the concert was for the Colognials that night, and is now for us all these years later. As Omar Hakim has said: „Weather Report wasn‘t typical instrumental music: there was Europe, Africa,jazz, blues, Latin, all inside one thing. It was true world music….“. Here‘s to that! After Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine… Continue lendo WEATHER REPORT – Live in Cologne (1983) [fvll concert]

SKA-P – El Chupacabras (2022)

Ska-P is a Spanish ska punk band formed in 1994 in Vallecas, a district of Madrid, by a group of friends from Madrid, Navarre and Euskadi. The band can be categorized, politically, as an anti-establishment musical group, sometimes even considered anarcho-communist. Musically, despite their fun image, Ska-P has well-rehearsed and tight arrangements, and as of… Continue lendo SKA-P – El Chupacabras (2022)