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0 Comment » Freekbass is a 7 piece all out funk ensemble led by Chris Sherman who is the “Freekbass.” Named as such by his mentor & record producer Bootsy Collins. This is the band that carries on the funk tradition of the most upbeat dance music of James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic and of course Bootsy, and they do it with an original and highly recognizable style. There's a showy hard rocking edge to this Cincinnati outfit
J.Roddy and The Business have a new 5 song E.P. called “LMNEP.” Released February 2005 and now available at their performances.. After giving it 3 or 4 listens I'm beginning to like it better than the earlier CD “Here Come Trouble.”
2004 DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS: OUTSTANDING ROCK/POP RECORDING OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK
HIP-HOP RECORDING . She has a magnetic spiritual enthusiasm and a voice that positively radiates. Sista Otis and the Wholly Rollers are part of Detroit's Urban Folk movement. A style which draws on the city's eclectic Motown, hip hop R& B & funk -rock heritage. And they can rock! And she can sing, and the drummers can drum and their new CD is called “Worldwide Release.” If You are a club owner lucky enough to have these folks play, for God's sake get your sound system in good enough shape to handle a real rock n roll band, cause these folks deserve to be heard clearly.
If You are a fan of straightforward & melodious female acoustic singer songwriters with pretty voices and interesting lyrics, these girls should be playing on your CD early in the morning or late at night, or whenever you want to enjoy relaxing music that also makes You think about life a bit. Jennifer Daniels has a following in the Southeast, Audra Kubat has a following in Detroit and Jane Weaver is a classic heart-throb in Manchester England, While Tift Merritt brings beauty back into female country vocals.
***Featured in “The Listening Room.”***
I'm feeling the star presence shine. Maybe if Nick Drake came back as a girl, with all new material, sonically influenced by experiences in the great beyond? The snippets I caught of Jane Weaver's songs from her last CD titled “Like an Aspen Leaf” on WUTC FM were enough to send me on a search for as much of her music as I could find.
She is also the front vocalist and main songwriter for a band called “Misty Dixon.”
She's regularly playing in the region all the way from South Carolina throughout Georgia, Tennessee & Virginia. Her Current concert listing is updated….
***Featured in “The Listening Room.” *** Tift Merritt gets my nomination for the best female vocalist who is performing REAL country flavored modern music. Tift Merritt has a new CD “Tambourine” Which is briefly Reviewed here. Also see our Concert Review For Tift Merritt's recent Nashville TN performance.
One reviewer who saw Audra at the Austin TX, SxSW festival described her as brilliant and pitied any band that played after her set because he couldn't imagine anyone giving the audience the kind of charge she did. She is also a regular nominee for handfuls of Detroit Music Awards.
Hollis Queens has her home base in New York City along with her band called “Lo-Hi.” She is a punk rock banshee who absolutely kicks ass. The music is really high tone gurly punk, (even though their press release says it's “pop-rock,” I say it's punk!) The guys in Lo-Hi play some really tight, cranked up hard edged guitar. (This band is partly made up from members of “Boss Hog,”)
