Jay Funk Dawg
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Nice! Last year was a blast.
Booking accoms now
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this friday! who's in?
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Finale: WOW!
Keep on Rocking w/ Neil Young + Dave Grohl & Foo Fights + Dan Auerbach of Black Keys + K'NAAN & more
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It's gonna rain all over Nuit Blanche, get indoors tonight at the Annex Wreckroom (Bathurst & Bloor).
-J
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The Soul Motivators - It Ain't Fair But It's Fun - Lee's Palace 2012 from Soul Motivators on Vimeo.
Soul Motivators opened for Five Alarm Funk back in May at Lee's Palace - take a look at 'em - great Sax Solo!
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have you heard this reggae version of MJ's Bille Jean.. I like this one too.
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Thanks for that!
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I really enjoyed that song. I like this style it's not over run by dubstep and is rooted in that classic recorded sound.
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Saturday, September 29th
9:00pm
Park Ave Crossing (Gage and Main)
$10 at the Door
$15 with Physical Copy
Advance Tickets:
$8 (email samklass@gmail.com)
$12 w Voucher for Physical Copy
The album has been available as a free download for quite some time now, but since I wandered the lands all summer, I didn't have the time to plan a proper send off for this work into the musical universe. Until now.
My third release, Fluid Identity, continues to blaze the Loop Rock trail; a performance style and genre of music I like to think I invented. I mean, there have been other loop artists out there, but who else actually creates a whole musical experience start to finish in the context of the live loop right before your very eyes? That's what I thought!! The original foot stomping guitar shredding beatboxing funk songwriter from space. Shoeless!
Get it now!! www.samklass.com
And Like the Facebook Page www.facebook.com/highklassrecords
Come witness it in person at Sealed Art... oops, I mean Park Ave Crossing Saturday September 29th!!
The Lineup
Sam Klass
Featuring: Eddie Max on drums in a collaboration we are calling mAx klAss
After Funk - Raging high energy funk party band from London/Toronto
www.facebook.com/afterfunk
Dan Walsh - The epic legendary beard wielding guitar shredder.
Toadhouse - NEW original 3 piece Jam Band with airtight grooves, soaring guitar melodies, off kilter songwring, and improvisational tendencies.
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Saturday, September 29th
9:00pm
Park Ave Crossing (Gage and Main)
$10 at the Door
$15 with Physical Copy
Advance Tickets:
$8 (email samklass@gmail.com)
$12 w Voucher for Physical Copy
The album has been available as a free download for quite some time now, but since I wandered the lands all summer, I didn't have the time to plan a proper send off for this work into the musical universe. Until now.
My third release, Fluid Identity, continues to blaze the Loop Rock trail; a performance style and genre of music I like to think I invented. I mean, there have been other loop artists out there, but who else actually creates a whole musical experience start to finish in the context of the live loop right before your very eyes? That's what I thought!! The original foot stomping guitar shredding beatboxing funk songwriter from space. Shoeless!
Get it now!! www.samklass.com
And Like the Facebook Page www.facebook.com/highklassrecords
Come witness it in person at Sealed Art... oops, I mean Park Ave Crossing Saturday September 29th!!
The Lineup
Sam Klass
Featuring: Eddie Max on drums in a collaboration we are calling mAx klAss
After Funk - Raging high energy funk party band from London/Toronto
www.facebook.com/afterfunk
Dan Walsh - The epic legendary beard wielding guitar shredder.
Toadhouse - NEW original 3 piece Jam Band with airtight grooves, soaring guitar melodies, off kilter songwring, and improvisational tendencies.
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Easy Star Guys asked me to help with PR in Waterloo, any ideas to whom might cover or do press ?
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enjoying a little new Canadiana here in NYC.
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Cas Haley on leads on this track!
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NuFunk.ca - Your One Stop Funk Source presents
Saturday October 6th, 2012
God Made Me Funky CD Release Vive Le NuFunk
opening set by Mark Pellizzer (Justin Nozuka, Divine Brown, Alex Cuba)
w/ DJ Quesquecest? spinning all 45 funk & breakbeats
The Rivoli - 322 Queen St.
$12 Advance Tickets come with CD at the door
ONLINE Tickets: TicketWeb - Order Tickets for God Made Me Funky CD Releaes Par...
$15 w/ CD at the door
Facebook Page: Sat. Oct. 6th God Made Me Funky CD Release for Vive Le NuFunk at Rivoli | Facebook
Typically, when a band starts thinking about writing and recording a new record, they want to mix things up a bit, try something new, evolve…
With their 2012 release, Vive Le NuFunk, God Made Me Funky take on that challenge with more joyful abandon than ever before, offering up a tight set of ‘futuristic throwback roller skating jams’ that blend vintage soul, funk, R&B, modern hip-hop in equal measure.
Inevitably, however, every time GMMF set out on a new musical adventure, they’re forced to deal with more than just the question of how to expand on their ever-evolving brand of NuFunk. Put bluntly, while God may have made this band funky in the extreme, as the saying goes, ‘sometimes the lord giveth and sometimes the lord taketh away’. In GMMF’s case, the god of Funk seems to have a thing for offering the band’s singers opportunities they simply can’t refuse.
Featuring a crack 8-piece band including male vocalist Kaybe, keyboardist Danny Argyle, bassist Ben Miller, Rich Grossman on guitar, drummer Alan Witz and Arthur Kerekes on saxophone, Vive Le NuFunk, finds GMMF infusing their unique sound with a vibe inspired by 80s icons ranging from D Train, to Sheila E, to the late, great Donna Summer.
With a huge set list including one-of-a-kind mash-ups of funk, R&B and soul standards from the 70s and 80s, standout covers like their version of Triumph’s ‘Lay It On The Line’ and five albums worth of their own tunes to draw on, on stage GMMF never fail to keep the Funk flowing fast and furious. As a review on ChartAttack.com once put it “If you can’t dance to God Made Me Funky, you can’t dance’. While the lineup has changed over time, that hasn’t, PHATT al maintains: “The fans, the NuFunktonions, they’re like, ‘As long as you give us good music, we’re here to party with you guys and get down with the NuFunk.â€
On Vive Le NuFunk, God Made Me Funky pull out all the stops to keep that party going – and nowhere more so than on ‘Who U R’, a heartfelt thank you, PHATT al says, “to everybody who’s allowed us to live our dreams to this point.â€
Offering up everything from ‘rip the roof off’ party tracks like ‘Big Time’ and ‘Swagger Stance’, to sweet soul tunes like ‘I’ll Fly Away’, Vive Le NuFunk will inspire NuFunktonions young and old to tear up the nearest rug, strap on their skates, string up some disco lights and get down.
“When we come together with an audience, it always reminds us of going to New York when we were younger, seeing DJs setting up on lampposts, having a jam and a party and people roller skating,†PHATT al says. “That’s the atmosphere we wanted to capture on Vive Le NuFunk. We went hard for five years, doing 150 shows and a new record every year. Before this record we actually took a year off from the band, so it was like we were in zero gravity, floating around and seeing all these possibilities. We didn’t feel any pressure. All we wanted to do was write a record people would want to roller skate to.â€
more info
NuFunk.ca - Your One Stop Funk Source
www.godmademefunky.com
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Time to get thread back in high-gear as we're getting closer to the election.
And it's getting more bizarre by the second. John Stewart, Stephen Colbert and David Letterman have really field day with Romney, they're almost saying - this stuff just writes itself in regards to Romney.
Here's random list of things that Romney Campaign flubs:
* Calling Medium Income (Middle Class Income) - $250,000 household income or less
* "47% of American's believe that they are victims" Comment
* 2012 London Olympics Insult
* Foreign Policy Fluff criticizing Obama for Egypt & Libya Embassy Attacks
* “Join me in welcoming the next president of the United States, Paul Ryan.â€
* Clint Eastwood and the chair
* Not releasing his taxes
* Mitt Romney app spells America wrong "A Better Amercia"
* Apparently having a fake tan to appeal to Latinos on recent Latino TV show. ( He also previously said too bad he wasn't Mexican because of the possible votes that would have helped with)
How can this guy possibly win? Polls are still only showing a slight 3-6 point lead in the polls, but if there's problems with the new voting rules, who knows what could happen... I mean Rob Ford got into office!
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Big ups!
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DJ Love at 528Hz added...
gonna be a sweet night - Chameleon Project has a new Live Album to drop - Company boys are fired - up - it's gonna be a wild folks!
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NUFUNK.CA & UNION EVENTS PROUDLY PRESENT..
EASY STAR ALL-STARS
with special guests The AGGROLITES
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13, 2012
LEE'S PALACE
529 Bloor Street W, Toronto, ON - Doors 9:00 PM – 19+
Advance tickets $23.50 + S/C available online Ticketmaster.ca, UnionEvents.com,
charge by phone 416-870-8000, Rotate This, Soundscapes, Play De Record
Online Tickets Here: http://ow.ly/c7Fzg
Facebook Link: http://on.fb.me/LdxUMu
Join us us for an incredible pairing of two spectrums of the new reggae movement. Easy Star All-Stars, famous for their reggae tribute albums and authentic dub, and Aggrolites, the Cali-punk infused "dirty reggae" party act. Both acts have new albums, Easy Star All-Stars with Thrillah, their interpretation of Michael Jackson's breakthrough album and Aggrolites are touring behind Unleashed Live v.1 a document of their signature fusion of reggae, soul, grit and determination. Get your tickets, this is going to be a wild Saturday night!
Easy Star All-Stars
Combining musical versatility, instrumental prowess, beautiful vocal harmonies and a superb rhythm section, the Easy Star All-Stars have established themselves as one of the top international reggae acts since their live debut in 2003. Thanks to their best-selling tribute album releases, Dub Side of the Moon (2003), Radiodread (2006), and Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band (2009), the remix album Dubber Side of the Moon (2010), as well as original releases Until That Day EP (2008) and First Light (2011), the Easy Star All-Stars have built a growing, dedicated fan base throughout the world, bringing together fans of reggae, classic rock, dub and indie rock into one big family.
The band has toured in over 30 countries on 6 continents, playing over 100 shows per year for the past 5 years. They've played loads of major festivals throughout the world, including an unprecedented three-day, three-stage stand at Glastonbury in 2009, which earned them a UK Festy Award Nomination that year.
Easy Star's Thrillah marks the band's first new tribute album since 2009's Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band. Starting with Dub Side of the Moon, the band has deconstructed classic albums and rebuilt them as reggae, helping to start a larger trend that has since become popular at major festivals and in other genres. As source material, Michael Jackson's Thriller was the first album the band tackled by an American artist, a non-rock artist and a non-concept record. The group found their usual innovative ways to transform the material, turning "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" into an Afro-Beat anthem and slowing down "Beat It" into a powerfully emotional roots song. On the record, the group is joined by guest artists like Steel Pulse, Luciano, Michael Rose (Black Uhuru), Spragga Benz, Cas Haley, Christopher Martin, Mojo Morgan (Morgan Heritage), The Green and others. On tour, the band will present the music on their own, as usual, mixing in music from this record along with hits from their entire past catalog of tribute albums and originals. The Thrillah Tour continues the band's nearly 10 year tradition of incredible live shows that have built them into one of the most popular touring reggae bands on the planet.
The Aggrolites
The Aggrolites are more than a band they are a movement unto themselves. They carry a banner - one created with their own hands. This banner reads, "Dirty Reggae," and represents their signature fusion of reggae, soul, grit and determination. For seven years, this dirty reggae bunch has rolled from city to city, across the pond and up main street USA. They rally the kids, the parents, the students, the cops, the bosses and the drifters. The people come, they relish in The Aggrolites, the dirty reggae and the joy that comes with it all. The liberating rhythms and catchy grooves demand a return trip.
Out of the Los Angeles school of hard knocks, The Aggrolites have earned a Ph.D in "feel good music." On the road they educate with the thunder and punch of the reggae drums and bass, the ripping, soulful melodies of the organ and guitars, and Jesse Wagner’s voice - a perfectly intact gift from Otis, Sam, Ray and Wilson.
The Aggrolites have a specific way of making music. They don't over think it, they don't obsess over pop culture demands, they walk onto a stage or into a recording studio and let "it" happen - a culmination of inspiration - from the road, from playing along side music legends, and from the energy and motivation of their die hard fans.
more info
www.nufunk.ca
www.unionevents.com
email jay@nufunk.ca
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After 40 years in the music business, American Soul singer Lee Fields sings “I still got it.â€
Do Right & NuFunk.ca - Your One Stop Funk Source present
LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS LIVE!
w/ Soul Motivators
and DJ Jason Palma
Friday, October 5th, 2012, 9 PM 19+
The Opera House - 735 Queen St. W
Advance Tickets $22.50
Available at Play De Record, Rotate This, Soundscapes & Ticketweb.ca
Get Tickets Online: Online Tickets
Facebook Page: Facebook Page
Read the in depth Lee Fields interview on CBC Music: Q&A: Lee Fields talks James Brown, ladies, the essence of soul CBC Music
Free download of New Reggae Remix of "You're The Kind Of Girl" from Paris DJs at Home - Truth and Soul Records
Lee Fields & The Expressions
There aren’t many artists who keep their cool well into their fifth decade in the business, but R&B veteran Lee Fields is one. After over 40 years of of touring the world with his signature raucous yet tender voice, the music he’s making today is the best of his career.
Fields’ new album with his band The Expressions, Faithful Man, released on Brooklyn’s Truth & Soul Records, a label which reinvents the Motown-style soul factory for a brand new era. The album interprets and pushes the formulas of great soul - thanks to Truth & Soul producers Jeff Silverman and Leon Michels and the high level of musicianship of everyone involved. These are the same individuals that co-wrote, produced, and played on Aloe Blacc’s global smash I Need A Dollar, and have provided the backdrop for records by El Michels Affair, Adele, Liam Bailey, Ghostface Killah and Jay-Z, to name a few. Faithful Man is Fields’ follow-up to the well-received 2009 album My World (Do Right/Truth & Soul).
Born and raised in the small town of Wilson, North Carolina, Fields spent his teenage years singing in church and listening to the classic sound of ’60s Memphis. By the late sixties, Lee was touring with foundational funk bands such as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, and Little Royal. In fact, Fields was nicknamed Little JB for his similarity to James Brown. From those beginnings, he’s created a sound that’s all his own.
With a catalog that ranges from funk to lo-fi blues, to contemporary Southern soul and collaborations with French house DJ/producer Martin Solveig, Lee Fields has done it all. With A Faithful Man, he takes it right back to the old school, with a modern take on a vintage sound, telling tales of love, heartbreak and blues in the time-honored way. And i f there were any doubt at all, take heed of Lee’s own words: “Take it from me,†he says on one track, “I still got it.â€
Soul Motivators
Finding the right groove means digging deep. With a love of vintage soul and funk, The Soul Motivators have mined their musicality to bring you a fresh revival of a retro sound.


Featuring numerous veterans of Toronto’s thriving underground funk scene, this 9-piece rare groove explosion has a rough, tough, soulful flair that motivates you straight to the dance floor.
Known for one of the most energetic shows in town, the band has been heard in many different places. The list so far includes the 2011 Toronto NuJazz Festival, CBC Radio 1 and CIUT FM to name a few. Now the band’s impressive summer schedule includes appearances at NXNE, TD Toronto Jazz Fest, and Toronto Beaches International Jazz Fest.
Jason Palma
Play De Record - Play De Academy, Music store, Production tools
Sat. Oct. 20 - House of David Gang CD Release + Baudelaires + K Zar @ El Mo
in Soundboard
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www.nufunk.ca presents
House of David Gang "Reggae Warriors" CD Release
www.houseofdavidgang.com
Dub Connection w/ Selector KZar & Crew + The Baudelaires
Saturday, October 20th, 2012
El Mocambo - 464 Spadina Ave.
www.elmocambo.ca
$10 / $20 with CD / 10 PM
Facebook Invite: http://on.fb.me/TE0rQb
Check out the single "Best I Can Be" http://snd.sc/MBx4bL
House of David Gang
www.houseofdavidgang.com
Toronto roots rock reggae act House of David Gang is the longest running downtown reggae collective. Named after "The House of David" an after hours on hip Queen Street West, the club was a hot spot for artists from the city's burgeoning Rastafarian and reggae community throughout the late 80's until the mid 90's.
Fronted by vocalist King Selah, drummer Jahlin Edwards, Guitarists Chris Davies & Jay "High Plains Drifter" Cleary and Bassie Snappy Homefry. House of David Gang is reggae outfit delivers late 70s and early 80s style Jamaican reggae originals mixed with folk, soul, calypso, afrobeat, hip hop as well as performing the classic roots reggae material of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown.
With 350 hours of studio time clocked at musician/producer Snappy Homefry's Playhouse Studios, and joined by over 20 musicians from Toronto reggae community, House of David Gang is ready to unveil the CD "Reggae Warriors" on NuFunk.ca Records.
House of David wowed audiences this summer at Rasta Fest to 4,000 fans alongside Mighty Diamonds and Echo Minott, the band garnered national pro on CBC Radio and performed live to 2 million people on Breakfast Television performing their new songs, including the new single "Best I Can Be". The band is also made it's first West Coast tour with gigs in Vancouver, Whister, Courtney & Nanaimo BC. In addition the band also completed a 5 date tour of Quebec and The Maritimes earlier this summer.
Their annual Bob Marley Birthday Tribute and Food Drive tour has become a staple of the winter music calendar across Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. In Ontario, hundreds of reggae lovers come out for their springtime Original Wailers Showcase and Peter Tosh Tributes. House of David Gang has performed in front of thousands at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, Atlantic Jazz Festival, Evolve Festival, The Word On The Street, Ottawa Reggaefest, Toronto Freedom Festival, and more. The Band has also shared the stage with Mighty Diamonds, Echo Minott, Bushman, Mad Professor, Third World, The New Kingston, ill Scarlett, Down with Webster, DJ Czech, Wassabi Collective, Friendlyness & The Human Rights, Selassie I Power, Truths & Rights, Mountain Edge and many others.
The debut album by House of David Gang "Reggae Warriors" drops on Saturday, October 20th at the legendary El Mocambo in Toronto. The first single "Best I Can Be" - showcases the bands' penchant for songs with positive and uplifting message.
The Baudelaires
www.thebaudelaires.com
Inspired by the sounds of late sixties reggae producer Leslie Kong (Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, The Wailers), the Baudelaires like some soul with their reggae and they're not afraid of a little “church†too. That is, if church refers to the feverish gospel-cum-ska sound that Toots Hibbert drew on for hits like “Sweet and Dandy†and “Pressure Drop†or Desmond Dekker liberally borrowed for “Israelites†and Jimmy Cliff majestically carved into “The Harder They Come.â€
Formed with members from three bands in the Guelph-Waterloo area (the Jolly Llamas, What the Thunder Said, Brother Freedom), the Baudelaires revisit Jamaican classics such as “Reggae Got Soul,†“Soul Shakedown Party,†“Draw Your Brakes†and “Mix Up Girl†sometimes lovingly recreating a vintage sound, at other times giving the material an entirely new reading. They are artful dubbers. They are a rhythm machine. They are also intent on crafting modern classics: their original songs focus on the love of reggae culture (“Rae Town,†“Montrealâ€), the love of a good tryst (“Let Me Be Your Gun,†“Let Me Sleep in Your Bedâ€) and the love of a good clash (“Recession,†“Shame Shameâ€).
Dub Connection w/ Selector K Zar and Crew
Dub Connection is run by Selector K Zar and his crew of emcees and singers. It’s all analogue and it’s all vinyl. The music is raw, underground, and bass heavy. Selector K Zar has been a fan of reggae since his youth. He began playing dances in the early 2000s. He plays everything from big classics to lesser known gems he has discovered collecting vinyl., with a heavy emphasis on roots and dubwise. Currently in the process of building a custom soundsystem, along with engineer Illyes, Dub Connection parties are an experience best had live and direct!