TAG: Menahan Street Band

Aug22

San Francisco Outside Lands: The Wrap Up

…and so it ends.

The second day of Outside Lands ended in the frenetic and sonically charged sets of Girl Talk and later the Muse as we headed towards our base camp.  With two days of having our eyes, ears, and taste-buds bombarded by the musical festivities and culinary vendors during the SF based festival, the team went into the third day with the kind of fatigue that can only be felt first hand.  Having participated in a few festival benders and even marathons (of the healthy variety), there was a sense of pride that washed through our team to bring the rest of our scheduled time at the festival to end in a high note.

Luckily, festival programmers helped to ease the flow by starting us off at the Lands End main stage with the sounds of Charles Bradley and The …

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Nov17

Various Artists – Daptone Gold (Review)

Daptone Roster

Daptone Gold

Released by Daptone Records


Soul's recent revival has been in part due to the soulmen and funkstresses at Daptone Records.  For about a decade, the small yet burgeoning NY label has made stellar projects featuring Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Lee Fields, Antibalas, Menahan Street Band and many more.  Each tangent of the empire has independently made noise, adding to the interest for vintage grooves and catapulting their own careers (resulting in collaborations with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Jay-Z among others).  While the label still reissues old lost records, Daptone Gold celebrates ...

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