Jay Funk Dawg

wow very jelous!

Blast from the past... Canadian Jam scene had it's day.. incidentally it's alive and well here in the good ol' USA High Plains Drifter - Original band that I formed at St. F.X. university disbanded back in 2006, a few years after I relocated back to Toronto. I revived the material with members of Chameleon Project, Heavyweights Brass Band, Wassabi Collective, Drumhand and many Humber College Students. Became my solo project, we kept the spirit alive playing mostly in Toronto with random members, simplified arrangements, sort of a free for all... Band played alongside Moses Mayes, Fort Knox Five, Femi Kuti, Orogone, Tea Leaf Green. Over time we moved away from the acid jazz fusion sound to afrobeat, ethio-jazz sound & reggae. House of David Gang backing band became High Plains Drifter (often featuring late keyboardist James Gray formerly of Blue Rodeo) between 2008 and 2012 toured to the East Coast serveral times and always had special guests. Wasn't exactly a serious project, but had a blast - I was more focused on being a promoter. Our biggest claim to fame might be having been "shredded" on youtube, someone redubbed the music from our performance at Evolve Fest in 2004. Fond memories indeed!

intimate venue... on Bathurst just North of Queen... CP to debut some new material from their forthcoming album... Jamie Kidd is also a killer DJ, just back from living in Berlin... he was CP's original bass player before he became a Globe Trotting DJ/Producer.

Make it Funky & Monster Energy Presents Saturday, December 20th, 2014 The Freestylers (Finger Lickin’, UK) w/ Marcus Visionary, D-Monic, Keener (Live Set), Farbsie Funky & special guest DJ Quesquecest? (NYC) Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. Tickets available at Soundscapes, Play De Record & Online at Ticketweb.ca Starts 10:00 PM // $20 Advance Online Tickets: Ticketweb Facebook Link: Confirm Attendance Party Website: Make It Funky Toronto Make it Funky, Toronto's longest running breakbeat, turntablism, old school hiphop and classic funk crew welcome UK's dance legends "The Freestylers" for a special holiday party with Toronto's top Breaks & DnB DJs on Sat. Dec 20th at Wrongbar presented in associations with Monster Energy, DNA Selections & Nufunk Concerts. The Freestylers were featured last month as featured guest on BBC Radio 1's "Essential Mix." It's a hard hitting old school breakbeat set, just as you remember them: http://www.soundcloud.com/freestyler...-essential-mix THE FREESTYLERS (UK, Fingerlickin' Records) Freestylers: The official website of the Freestylers. Featuring all their latest music, videos, gig dates and photos. The Freestylers began their career as an Urban Electronic Music Act, and their early tunes ‘B-Boy Stance,’’ ‘Ruffneck’ and ‘Warning’ set the marker. As their music progressed so did their anthems with the seminal tunes ‘Punks’, ‘Boom Blast’, ‘Fasten Your Seat-Belts,’ ‘Painkiller’ and more recently ‘Cracks.’ In addition to their status as underground heroes, they have gained commercial success with their huge global hit ‘Push Up’ and have had their music featured in TV and film, including the hugely successful comedy film Zoolander. Their ever-eclectic style and renegade approach to production focusing on everything in the bass music spectrum and is once again on show with their fifth studio album ‘The Coming Storm’ released on BlackHole/Rub-A-Duck Recordings June 2013. With the new addition to their production team Chris Bishop from Stereo:Type they’ve ramped up their sound into overdrive. Whether they’re performing as a live band, sound system or DJ set, you know they are gonna rock hard.

Rock Scully (born August 1, 1941 - died December 16, 2014) was the manager of The Grateful Dead from 1965 to 1985. He is the co-author with David Dalton of the book Living With The Dead. "Living in The Haight before and during the Summer of Love, Scully first saw the band play at one of Ken Kesey's Acid Tests under the name "The Warlocks". He signed on as the band's manager almost immediately. He started to book the band at small local venues like The Fillmore, a place where many bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & The Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service got their start." I loved the book, it really showed the inner-workings / dysfunctional family of the Grateful Deal. I read it so quickly, I almost feel I need to go back to remember the whole story... one big piece was that Rock was the fall guy for the whole Rolling Stons / Hell's Angels at Alamont debacle. his relationship with the Dead didn't end well...

Ink Entertainment Friday, December 12th, 2014 TUXEDO Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One - Live DJ Set Tattoo - 567 Queen St. W Facebook / Online Tickets Make it Funky & Monster Energy Presents Saturday, December 20th, 2014 The Freestylers (Finger Lickin', UK) w/ Marcus Visionary, D-Monic, Keener Live, Farbsie Funky & DJ Quesquecest? Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W. Tickets available at Soundscapes & Play De Record Online // Facebook 10:00 PM Do Right Music & NuFunk Presents Friday, January 23rd, 2015 Souljazz Orchestra DJ John Kong & special guests The Garrison - 1197 Dundas St. W Facebook / Online Tickets Embrace & NuFunk Presents Saturday, February 21st, 2015 Lettuce Break Science & special guests TBA The Danforth Music Hall - 1197 Dundas St. W Facebook / Online Tickets

Just caught Phil n Friends aka PhilRAD at The Capitol last wekend, with JChameleon and the Friday show that just passed was killer. will post some photos soon.

PHISH IN TORONTO

if you closed your eyes could you tell this isn't PHISH?

Coming up quick! Get your reduced tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-lizards-present-a-tribute-to-phish-our-phirst-birthday-tickets-14258358133?utm_campaign=new_eventv2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=eventurl_text

Saturday November 15, 2014 10:00 pm - 02:00 am 19+ Cover: $10.00 Venue URL: http://themodclub.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/1700879146803943 Dear Funk Loving & Soul Shaking friends, We're throwing our BIG Toronto show of fall/winter at The Mod Club on Saturday, November 15th. We'll be playing our funkiest/danciest set ever and in the process we'll be shooting the live segment of our upcoming Drift Away music video. We would absolutely love for you to be a part of this! We want this video to capture the feeling of letting go & dancing the night away so that's exactly what we're aiming to inspire!!! We'll have DJ Kenny Bounce spinning dance music before and after our HUGE live show. You never know which guests and friends of the band will show up for this. We'll be throwing down with some old tunes we never play, all of our big dancefloor rockers, and some Brand New never before heard songs. All we can say is that this will be a KCLR party like none other! It's only $10 (online or door charge) and the doors open at 10pm. If there was ever a show to bring out your whole family, friends and strangers ... This Is It! Dress in a way that makes you feel sharp and seksay. Be ready to drink, dance, sing and Drift Away! Much love, and see you on the dancefloor. - KCLR "All The Love We've Got Was Meant To Give Away, All The Love Surrounds Us As We Drift Away."

Are you on Twitter ? our friend Fat Cats just joined today - help get them started by following. https://twitter.com/fatcatsjam Also Follow these jam, reggae & funky folks: https://twitter.com/JHeisholt https://twitter.com/House_of_David https://twitter.com/nufunk https://twitter.com/chameleonprojct https://twitter.com/b0uch3 https://twitter.com/jayclearynyc https://twitter.com/mikeflip https://twitter.com/lightsweetcrude https://twitter.com/SLOWCOASTER https://twitter.com/evolvefestival https://twitter.com/NorthernWish https://twitter.com/cmorriskingston https://twitter.com/fairysari https://twitter.com/Gisto123

Embrace Presents in association with NuFunk.ca Thursday, November 13th, 2014 The Dark Star Orchestra Continuing The Grateful Dead Experience The Danforth Music Hall - 147 Danforth Ave. Online Tickets 8:00 PM who's coming???

EMBRACE PRESENTS THE WILD FEATHERS with THE APACHE RELAY & DESERT NOISES Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Lee’s Palace, 529 Bloor St. W, Toronto, ON “The Wild Feathers channel their Nashville roots with fast-stepping, unmistakably Southern country-rock suggesting a sprightly union of My Morning Jacket and Neil Young” - The New York Times Embrace proudly presents the return of The Wild Feathers on Wednesday November 12 at Lee’s Palace, in support of their self-titled, critically lauded debut album (Warner). After spending last year opening for Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, American rock quintet The Wild Feathers have announced that they will hit the road for additional tour dates this fall. The seemingly indefatigable Nashville group has continued to organically grow its audience at a rapid pace, with constant touring and barn-storming shows at clubs around the world and festivals across the country, including Bonnaroo, Firefly, and Summerfest this past summer. It’s no wonder that Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Gary Clark Jr., Sheryl Crow, Paul Simon and countless others have become fans of their hybrid take on rock, country, folk & classic soul informed by masterful song craft, souring vocal harmonies and infused with Stones/Faces- swagger. Don’t miss the band that Rolling Stone describes as recalling “the magic of Tom Petty and Neil Young,” when The Wild Feathers visit Lee’s Palace next Wednesday with The Apache Relay and Desert Noises. MORE INFORMATION HERE: http://www.thewildfeathers.com/ Advance tickets $20.50 (plus s.c.) on sale now at ticketweb.ca, Rotate This & Soundscapes. 19+ Event · Doors 7:30pm · Show 8:30pm

NuFunk Concerts in association with Soulwhat presents... Tortured Soul (NYC) :: LIVE HOUSE MUSIC :: Tortured Soul Music Thursday November 13th, 2014 with special guests DJ Corey Dawkins & gaDJet Hosted by Chico Pacheco, Sonit, Kat LoveBrigade & HXAJ Revival Bar - 783 College St. Toronto, ON Revival Bar, 783 College Street, Toronto | eat – drink – talk – listen Doors 8pm, Show 9pm Special $16.50 Early Bird Tickets: Tickets for Tortured Soul | Revival at TicketWeb available until Oct 31st $20 Advance / $25 at the door Tickets available at Soundscapes & Play De Record and Online via Ticketweb.ca Tickets for Tortured Soul | Revival at TicketWeb More info: NuFunk.ca - Your One Stop Funk Source Facebook Link: http://on.fb.me/1wp0VIW Sponsored by Make it Funky, NuJazz Festival, Fusicology, HXAJ, 360 Degree Artists, Embrace Presents & Tribe.ca Tortured Soul Bio Tortured Soul Music https://www.facebook.com/torturedsoul http://www.twitter.com/tortured_soul https://www.youtube.com/user/torturedsoulmusic http://soundcloud.com/tortured_soul “Tortured Soul is the future of house music.” – Gilles Peterson Before DJs evolved into global superstars, musicians carried the baton. The Brooklyn-based dance trio Tortured Soul isn’t trying to intently rewrite the logic of today’s EDM with the sweat of their own musicianship, but they are living proof that the very same music can be freed from the DJ booth. Influenced by the classic songcraft of Prince, Heatwave and Kool & The Gang, the members of Tortured Soul are three distinctive guys with three different backgrounds, united under a groove-centered rhythm. The band’s frontman and principal songwriter, John-Christian Urich, can be seen simultaneously drumming and singing with effortless mastery, while the rest of the collective, made up of keyboardist Ethan White and bassist Jordan Scannella, virtuosically generate the pulsating accompaniment. It’s a striking visual that’s feverishly winning converts with each and every tour stop, with them being likened to The Roots of house music. Inside the group’s mystique, the acid jazz is reminiscent of Jamiroquai funk, while deeply saturated in the contemporary freshness of house purveyors like Joey Negro, Kenny Dope, Soul Clap and Jamie Jones. Even the legendary tastemaker Gilles Peterson, dubbed them “the future of house music.”

looks like this is "Ghoing to be Meshi"

I just created this roots rock reggae & rockstead mix, would love to hear your thoughts on it.. all vintage 45 rpm records!

The Nujazz Festival and Music & Politics team up to bring you the much-anticipated Toronto debut of FREAK MOTIF! A can't-miss for funk, soul, reggae & mashup lovers! Preview their fantastic "Killin Me'" 45 featuring the powerhouse vocals of LADY C! www.soundcloud.com/freakmotif “A more frenzied version of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble” ~ CBC Radio “A stoned cold piece of heavy funk” ~ Hot Peas and Butta “...an extraordinary example of indie production at its finest — the cool sound hits all the right buttons.” ~ Beatroute Music & Politics, The Nujazz Festival & Nufunk.ca present FREAK MOTIF feat. LADY C Killin’ Me 45 Release with special guests GRÜVORIA Thursday, October 23rd @ SUPERMARKET (268 Augusta Ave.) 9pm, $10 Links: www.frkmtf.com www.facebook.com/freakmotif www.gruvoria.com www.facebook.com/gruvoria

Extreme Promotion, NuFunk & The Rockpile Present Saturday October 18th, 2014 The 21st Annual Peter Tosh Birthday Tribute House of David Gang w/ Chasing Jane, Straight Goods, Christopher Charles and the Chronicles The Rockpile - 5555 Dundas West Online Tickets / Facebook Link House of David Gang, NuFunk Concerts and The Rockpile are proud to present the 21st Annual Peter Tosh Tribute, featuring an all-star line-up of Canadian and Jamaican reggae musicians. On October 18th at The Rockpile West -- on what would have been the legendary artist’s 70th birthday -- this long-running annual event will celebrate its 21st straight year of heartfelt homage. Tosh’s death on September 11, 1987 robbed the world of one of reggae’s primordial artists and a potent, courageous political activist. Along with Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, Tosh was a co-founder of the Wailers, and remains a symbol of inspiration and justice around the world. featuring. HOUSE OF DAVID GANG w/ opening guests CHASING JANE (west end reggae rockers) CHRIS AND THE CHRONICLES (live insturmental dub) STRAIGHT GOODS (skater reggae hiphop) KUSH (soul/reggae) tickets available online at http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5352275&pl=rockpilewest and in-store at Soundscapes - 572 College St. for more info - www.therockpile.ca or 416.504.6699 this event is open to 16+ because you can't blame the youth.

NuFunk Presents Saturday, Novermber 8th, 2014 The Fat Cats with special guests The Chameleon Project The Comfort Zone - 480 Spadina Ave Online Tickets

NuFunk Presents... Friday November 28th, 2014 The Lizards Canada's Premiere Phish Cover Band The Virgn Mobile Mod Club Facebook Link / Online Tickets $10 Advance Tickets The Lizards are back to host another mind-melting sonically and visually fueled night full of your favourite Phish originals and covers. In the spirit of Phish, The Lizards will play an brand new setlist, including many songs you haven't seem them play before. If you've been to a Lizards show then you don't need to be convinced of how good of a time you'll have. If you haven't been, ask someone who has or come find out for yourself! With a light show by TG5 thats hits all the cues and a large stage at the Mod Club, this show is shaping up to be the best one yet! Not to mention that it will be the one year anniversary of their first show played way back in 2013 at the heralded Comfort Zone. Come to the Mod Club to celebrate with the band! You will not be dissapointed!

they saw Grandmaster Flash or Afrika Bambaataa? These two haven' played together for 15+ years... this is a first of it's kind event.. this Saturday too, I'm flying down from NYC for this party... anyone down? ps. Skratch Bastid added!

Loved that achive post Velvet! It's sad that the place is shutting down. Sam & Co had no clue how to make El Mocambo work. They thought bringing back classic rock was going to work, essentially thinking that getting April Wine and Trooper back to play the club was going to revive them. Delusions of The Stones or U2 coming back for a surprise show. They changed their programming too much and alienated the loyal crowd. They fired Yvonne Mastell who booked the downstairs room a few months after the sale to Sam from Abbas Jahangiri... that was the begining of the end. I worked as the main club booker for the upstairs room 2004-2009 and kept booking shows there after. I probably did 150 shows there highlights were The Slip, Benevento Russo Duo, The Jimmy Swift Band, Bassnectar, Grand Theft Bus, Slowcoaster, That 1 Guy, A.Skillz, Krafty Kuts, Vorcza Trio, Julie Dorion, Fred Eaglesmith, Drums & Tuba, Afrika Bambaataa, Dream Band, Truth & Rights, Friendlyess, Selassie I Power, Resinators, Chameleon Project, Vanderpark, God Made Me Funky, King Sunshine, Jazzanova, Bullfrog, Thomas Mapfumo, Slammin Jack, Guerrila Dub Squad, Word People, KaeSun, Big League Chu, Fort Knox Five, Fat Cats, Diesel Dog, Mark Wilson & The Way it is, Caution Jam, The Bunnies, Soulive, Jon Butler Trio, Fertile Ground, Blue Quarter, Moses Mayes, Koybashi, New Kingston, DJ Chocolate, Progress, Gisto, Irie Band, House of David Gang, High Plains Drifter so many others... It's sad for Toronto live music scene, with the right vision it could have kept the spirit of independent original music... I know the more recent owners had good intentions, but that wasn't ultimately enough. RIP eL MOCAMBO.