clandestino playlist 2/21...funk rockin'!

(poster by DJ Bongohead)

What a great time I had bringing you some funky rock jams. We're just getting tuned up for our Rumba Psicodélica FUNK ROCK party this Friday night at The Rendezvous. Studebaker Hawk, Bongohead and myself will be bringing the 60s/70s funk rock vinyl and Mr Bell of Bell & Howl will be providing the visual stimual. We'll also be handing out prizes for Funkiest Outfit...and Most Rocking Outfit. The thang gets rolling at 930 and there is no cover charge. We hope to see you there!

American Gypsy..."Inside Out"...American Gypsy...(Chess)
An American band based in The Netherlands in the 70s, I first heard this tune via Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow on Brainfreeze. The LP has an extended BIG intro.

Isley Brothers..."Fight the Power" Pt 1...45...(T-Neck)

Betty Davis..."He Was A Big Freak"...They Say I'm Different...(Just Sunshine)
Betty is a huge inspiration for the FUNK ROCK night...



Santana..."Persuasion"...Santana...(Columbia)

Ofo The Black Company..."Allah Wakbarr"...v/a-Nigeria 70...(Strut)

Funkadelic..."I Got a Thang, You Got a Thang, Everybody's Got a Thang"...Funkadelic...(Westbound)
The other biggest inspiration is right here.



Black Merda..."Cynthy-Ruth"...45...(Chess)

Jimi Hendrix Experience..."Little Miss Lover"...Axis: Bold as Love...(Reprise)



Edwin Starr..."Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On"...Involved...(Gordy)
An underrated Norman Whitfield production, the whole album is killer.

Stu Gardner..."Devil In A Man"...Sanctified Sound...(Stax)
Doing his best Sly Stone impersonation.

Sly & the Family Stone..."Trip to your Heart"...A Whole New Thing...(Epic)



Chairmen of the Board..."Skin I'm In"...Skin I'm In...(Invictus)

Curtis Mayfield..."Future Shock"...Back to the World...(Curtom)



Baby Huey..."Hard Times"...The Baby Huey Story...(Curtom)
Another Curtis Mayfield composition/production.

The Devil's Anvil..."Karkadon"...Hard Rock From the Middle East...(Columbia)
Funky NYC based late 60s band mixes Middle Eastern instruments and sounds with rock.

Can..."Halleluhwah" (first section)...Tago Mago...(Spoon)
As experimental and avant-garde as they may be, they sure could get really funky as well!



Serge Gainsbourg..."Requiem por un Con"...Les Annés Psychedéliques...(Le Smoke Disque)

Tina Turner..."Whole Lotta Love"...Acid Queen...(United Artists)
Tina in dominatrix mode.

Aerosmith..."Lord of the Thighs"...Get Your Wings...(Columbia)
White boys getting funky. I grew up on this shit. This would also be the first time I've ever played Aerosmith on the show...or in the club.



Babe Ruth..."The Mexican"...First Base...(Harvest)



Baris Manço..."Hal Hal"...Sakla Samani Gelir Zamani...(Turkuola)
Great Turkish funk jam, just ripe for hip hop sampling.

Selda Bagcan..."Ince Ince"...Selda...(Finders Keepers reissue)
Recently used in a Mos Def tune, as evidenced here.



Riot..."Just Beyond"...Welcome to the World of Riot...(Motown)

Heart..."Sing Child"...Dreamboat Annie...(Mushroom)
This band used to awesome before they turned into radio garbage in the 80s.



ZZ Top..."Cheap Sunglasses"...Degüello...(Warner Bros)

Funkadelic..."Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!"...One Nation Under A Groove...(Warner Bros)



Skin Alley..."So Many People"...Two Quid Deal...(Stax)



Asiko Rock Group..."Lagos City"...v/a-Nigeria Disco Funk Special...(Soundway)

Isis..."April Fool"...Isis...(Buddah)
That is the band pictured below on the album jacket.



Cyril Neville..."Gossip"...v/a-New Orleans Funk...(Soul Jazz)

Antonio Carlos e Jocafi..."Simbareré"...Cada Segundo...(RCA)
This one is for Phil Sena.

Thin Lizzy..."Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed"...Johnny the Fox...(Mercury)

Black Sabbath..."Wicked World"...Black Sabbath...(Warner Bros)
Even Sabbath got funky!



Thanks for listening. Catch Radio Clandestino every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

clandestino playlist 2/14...my guests Shokazoba

My guests this week on Clandestino were Wendell and J Moses from Western Mass funk band Shokazoba. They've got a slew of shows coming up, as well as a brand new full length album, Congress for Sale, that will be dropping this Spring. Check their website for more details. I want to thank these fellas for stopping by with the tunes and good vibes. I definitely recommend checking out their afrobeat-inspired funk.

(Shokazoba...photo by Adam Farbar)

Kenny Dorham..."Afrodesia"...Afro-Cuban...(Blue Note reissue)



Fela Kuti..."My Lady Frustration"...10"...(Kalakuta Sunrise)
The image below is not exactly the cover of the 10" but very similar. I just like this one better.



Gnonnas Pedro..."Yiri Yiri Bon"...Sofrito-Tropical Discotheque...(Strut)



Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno..."Echate pa'lla" (version)...Dog on a Rope...(Tru Thoughts)

Kurt Allen..."Goddess Calypso"...forthcoming
Brand new and forthcoming from T&T's own Kurt Allen...with folks from The Alchemystics.

Zongo Junction..."Elephant & Mosquito"...Thieves!...(self released)



Shokazoba..."Opinion Shapers"...Congress for Sale...forthcoming

Chicago Afrobeat Project..."Jekajo"...v/a-Afrobeat Revival...(Rough Guides)
Shameless plug dept: Here's a cut off of our 1st afrobeat comp, available from World Music Network.


Shokazoba..."Stay Dreaming"...Congress for Sale...forthcoming

The Qualitons..."Melbimbo"...45...(Tramp)
My favorite contemporary Hungarian funk band!



CSC Funk Band..."Troll's Soireé"...45...(Electric Cowbell)

Ikebe Shakedown..."Hard Steppin"...45...(Colemine)



Orgone..."Matanza"...Cali Fever...(Ubiquity)
Orgone bring their funky groove to Copperfields in Boston on saturday nite.

Shokazoba..."Rougue State"...Congress for Sale...forthcoming

Bio Ritmo..."Dina's Mambo"...45...(Electric Cowbell)



Grupo Fantasma..."Realizando"...El Existential...(NatGeo)
We just had to jam a cut off of GF's Grammy-award winning El Existential!



Shokazoba..."Chemical Abuse"...Congress for Sale...forthcoming

Chicago Afrobeat Project..."Media Man"...Off The Grid...(self released)

Check Clandestino every Monday, airing live from 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.

Grupo Fantasma wins a Grammy!!!!

Congrats to my friends in Grupo Fantasma for winning a Grammy last night!!!
I have not been shy to note that these guys are my favorite contemporary group on the planet and they bagged the award this year for "Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album" for the masterpiece that is "El Existential".

You can hear "El Consejo" from the album right here at this blog. Just unfold the media player to the left of this post and press play.

The group will be doing a celebratory West Coast swing. For more info check their website.

February Action!

Some local thangs going down this month for y'all:

The Alchemystics are playing two gigs this weekend...one for the whole family on Saturday (2/12) morning 10am at First Churches in Northampton, a benefit for Nonotuck Community School. And also on Friday (2/11) night at the Elevens, with Love in Stockholm, 930pm-2am. There's never a bad time to check out their soulful reggae/rap blend!


On Saturday night (2/12), I'll be dropping bombs with Studebaker Hawk at the People's Pint for our regular Sweet Exorcist throwdown there. We'll be helping Michele P celebrate her birthday too! Come hear our eclectic vinyl mix and dance the winter blues out of your system. No cover charge, 10pm-1am. (Poster by Sightlab)

Friday (2/18) will see some funk and afrobeat raiding Greenfield at The Arts Block, thanks to the army of Shokazoba and an attack from Chicago Afrobeat Project (whom you may remember from our Afrobeat Revival compilation--vinyl already sold out!). 8pm-1am. And tune in to Radio Clandestino on Monday 2/14 when Shok reps will be on hand to discuss life and love, debut cuts from their brand new album, and give away tickets to the above show.

Ras Daniel and I had so much fun last month at the Blue Rock in Shelburne Falls that we decided to keep it going monthly, every third Saturday, this month on 2/19. Last time out we played some reggae/dancehall, afro funk/afrobeat as well as some wicked rap. We'll keep a bunch of things in the crates to keep it groovy all night. Again, no cover/21+. 9pm.

February 24th returns the bi-weekly I-Ganic Sound System at Bishop's Lounge in Northampton. The most crucial roots, the freshest steppas, heaviest dubs and uplifting dancehall. Every other thursday! 21+ 10pm-2am.


Holy mother of funk, wait to you come hear what we'll be jamming on Friday 2/25 at The Rendezvous in Turners Falls! A very special edition of Rumba Psicodélica, we've been wanting to do a Funk Rock night for awhile and now we will! Studebaker Hawk, Bongohead and I will be transporting you via vinyl time machine back to the funky 70s with a mind-blowing assortment of funky rock and rocking funk from all over the globe. Popular, as well as obsure, but always funky! Visuals by Mr. Bell of Bell & Howl. This will be an all-vinyl blowout, inspired by the likes of Betty Davis, Funkadelic, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Barrabas, Isley Brothers, James Gang, ZZ Top, Baby Huey, Sly Stone and all the 70s funk-rockers, back when that was something truly hip. Black, white, brown and beyond...we can all get down on a united dancefloor. Dig!
And bring your game: we'll be handing out prizes for funkiest and most rocking outfits!
No cover, 930-1.
(Poster by Pablo Yglesias)

And don't forget that Alan Evans (of Soulive) will be holding it down with a varying cast of talent every Thursday night at The Arts Block in Greenfield. 930-1.

Well there's a whole bunch of thangs to keep you warm til the birds of March start singing!

clandestino playlist 2/7...Jim Pepper tribute show

This past Monday we paid tribute to Creek/Kaw saxophonist/composer Jim Pepper. I want to thank my guests Mixashawn, Josh Burkett and Pablo "Bongohead" Yglesias for coming to the studio with music and insight.
Here's a cool Pepper page I found.

Jim Pepper..."Witchi Tai-To"...Pepper's Pow-Wow...(Embryo)



Jim Pepper..."Comin and Goin"...Comin and Goin...(Island)
Jim Pepper..."Yon a Ho"...Pepper's Pow-Wow...(Embryo)
Jim Pepper..."Jumpin' Gemini"...Dakota Song...(Enja)



Paul Motian with Jim Pepper..."Misterioso"...Misterioso...(Soul Note)
Everything is Everything..."Witchi Tai-To"...Everything is Everything...(Vanguard)



Bob Moses with Jim Pepper..."Dancing Bears"...Love Animal...(Mozown)




Classics IV..."Spooky"...45...(Imperial)




Pygmy Unit...(entire side!)...Signals from Earth...(self released)



Mal Waldron/Jim Pepper..."Bathing Beauties"...Art of the Duo...(Tutu)



Jim Pepper..."Dakota Song"...Dakota Song...(Enja)
Alaska Hit Singles..."Polar Bear Stomp"...Alaska Hit Singles...(John Ingalls)
Jim Pepper..."Squaw Song"...Comin and Goin...(Island)



Mixashawn..."Who is Polyester?"...Contemporary Indigenous Data...(promo)

Jim Pepper..."Fast War Dance/Now War Dance"...Pepper's Pow-Wow...(Embryo)
Gunther Schuller Ensemble..."Legacy of the Flying Eagle"...Witchi Tai-To...(Tutu)

Radio Clandestino airs live every Monday 230-430pm (ET) at WMUA.org.