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Jazz, Funk & World
Performer Mag’s reviews of new jazz, funk and world music and videos.
Rosin Coven – “Sing Me Malaise” Review
“Like stepping into a smoky speakeasy populated by circus freaks” Rosin Coven is known for their...
Vieux Farka Touré – “Mon Pays” Review
“Virtuosic guitar helps mend the wounds of war in this Malian insta-classic” The title of guitar...
CSC Funk Band – “Funkincense”
CSC Funk Band Funkincense Brooklyn, NY (Electric Cowbell Records) “Funky grooves that send your booty on a shake odyssey” On its face, the second full-length release from CSC Funk Band seems like a...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost R&B Grooves From Minneapolis/St. Paul 1964-1979
Truth be told, I nearly shat my pants upon opening this LP. Eric Foss, whoever you are, God bless you, sir. You, along with your label mates, have compiled what has to be the greatest collection of...
Marco Benevento
TigerFace Brooklyn, New York (The Royal Potato Family) “Jazz drenched, circuit bent, yes-wave” TigerFace is a leap forward for left-field composer Marco Benevento. Benevento's most...
Record Review: The Touré-Raichel Collective
The Touré-Raichel Collective The Tel Aviv Session Tel Aviv, Israel and Bamako, Mail (Cumbancha) “Inspired collision of world music powerhouses” Opening up The Tel Aviv Session, it was painstakingly...
DVD Review: Icons Among Us
Following the success of The Civil War and Baseball, Ken Burns and PBS released Jazz, a sterilized institutional treatise for mass consumption that harkened back to the “good ol’ days” of jazz....
Record Review: The Funk Ark
The Funk Ark From the Rooftops Washington, D.C. “Seductive jazz and refreshing Afrobeat” Our nation's capital has a funk and jazz scene that is flourishing like springtime cherry blossoms. Enter...
Record Review: The New Mastersounds
The New Mastersounds Breaks from the Border Leeds, UK “Attention DJs, sample this NOW!” The New Mastersounds are quite simply pure untouchable funky fire. Imagine digging through crates in a record...
Record Review: Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré The Secret Bamako, Mali “World music that’s out of this World” On his third studio album, Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré, often called “the Hendrix of the Sahara,” has built on...
Record Review: The Macrotones
The Macrotones First Signs of Danger Boston, MA “Funky horns and Afrobeat rhythms” The Macrotones have always been accessible - but that's just it. They are unquestionably tight, a well-packaged...
Record Review: Generation Bass Presents
Generation Bass Presents Transnational Dubstep Various Locations “The international house party” The same way that techno has changed since the days of Darude and “Sandstorm” in the late ’90s,...