David Bowie has gone through a fair few phases in his time. Starting with his rock and spiralling though all sorts of genres into experimental …
Tag: Funk
30/09/2018: “Heart’s Desire” by Don Blackman
Don Blackman has played with some of the biggest names in Funk & Soul, such as Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament, Roy Ayers, and also…
21/09/2018: “In Time” by Sly & The Family Stone
Miles Davis was apparently a massive fan of Sly Stone, and in particular this song. In fact, he liked it so much that he forced…
07/09/2018: “These Walls” By Kendrick Lamar
It’s no overstatement to say that Kendrick Lamar’s album To Pimp A Butterfly, released in 2015, is one of the most significant releases of the 21st century…
04/09/2018: “Cola Bottle Baby” by Edwin Birdsong
The main riff of this song has certainly done the rounds. It was sampled by Daft Punk for their 2001 song, “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”….
14/08/2018: “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder wrote this song just before he was in a bad car crash. Coincidentally, the song deals with reincarnation; it’s just one of those…
07/08/2018: “Do What You Wanna Do” by T-Connection
I would say that this is possibly one of the funkiest songs of all time! The percussion is very afro-inspired, with bongos aplenty. Rhythmically, the…
21/06/2018: “Ye Ke Ye Ke” by Mory Kante
“Ye Ke Ye Ke” or “Yeke Yeke” was the first African single to sell over a million copies. Not an inconsiderable feat in a pre-internet…
29/04/2018: “Celestial Blues” by Andy Bey
Sometimes less is more. Andy Bey proves this with “Celestial Blues”, which saw the light of day in 1974, on Experience and Judgement. It’s a rather sparsely…
20/04/2018: “Rock The Casbah” by The Clash
I will generally try to keep politics out of this blog. It can be incendiary, alienating people needlessly when all I’m trying to do is…