Heartbeat, a great jam from WAR in 1975:
I got most of the WAR collection on my Pono and wow, oh yeah, one of my favorite bands of all time.
funk
get your funk on
Welcome To New Orleans
Great but short concert from The Meters in 1980 with some cool interview clips.
Water Works
Witness the awesome power of music. Tissue please.
… Read the restFor You There Is No Fear
Give It A Chance
Outstanding song from the late 70’s that stayed unreleased until the late 90’s.
It’s George Clinton’s son Tracey Lewis, aka TreyLewd and his first band, the Flastic Brain Flam. It’s a monster song that just keeps going and going. Greatness.… Read the rest
Take A Ride
We Will See What The Digital Age Has In Store For Us
Records, record stores, record sales … it’s all gone.
It’s up to the young musicians to try an’ figure it out.
There’s no money in it. There’s no record companies.
It’s free! You can download it. Nobody gets paid, so … Read the rest
Another Good Funk Doc
This one is from the BBC, circa 2014. It’s hard to summarize something as huge and outstanding as funk in 1 hour, but they give it a shot. Lots of good footage and interviews here:
I Won’t Be Hasty Girl
Start All Over Again
The music of the late great Peter Tosh helped get me through a tough 2015. Great writing, and such a strong voice for change. Beloved as a great man. Murdered in his own home by a guy he was putting … Read the rest
We Don’t Have Time To Fool Around
Killer song from Junie Morrison featuring OP colleague Sugarfoot Bonner, from the often overlooked (and long out of print) 5 album released in 1981.
This song has been burning up my PonoPlayer… ok Junie is on heavy rotation my whole … Read the rest
Use Me Up
Great version by Ike & Tina.
Prince Does 24bit
The genius of early Prince is finally available at full quality digital. Check out ponomusic’s Prince page for his first 8 albums at 24/192!
- For You – 24/192
- Prince – 24/192
- Dirty Mind – 24/192
- Controversy – 24/192
- 1999 –
Don’t Break The Spell
I am gonna give you a tease of the upcoming DJ Raz documusic production detailing the dramatic run of Ohio funk bands with some classic Heatwave.
Heatwave was a hybrid – an Ohio dance band merged with a songwriting Brit … Read the rest
The Funk Professor – Bootsy Get Live
Believe it or not Bootsy is touring the states and you gotta see the man to be the man. Check your local listings and don’t miss this show if it comes within 400 miles of you.
I caught it last … Read the rest
Late For Your Own Funeral
Another great song from the often overlooked Speech just popped up on my Pono.
This guy started the hip-hop collective Arrested Development, won accolades of all variety, went solo about 20 years ago, and has done several great albums. He … Read the rest
A Funk Diamond
Holy hell – outstanding footage of Sly & The Family Stone version II from 1973. This is like pure mineral right here, a funk diamond.
Life Is Fair But So Uncool
Classic EWF just played on the Pono and it was like the first time I had ever heard it – there were bass notes and percussion I had never noticed on other formats and playbacks.
