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New Orleans Blues/Funk Man Mem Shannon releases new single: “Good-Bye Mr. President (Time For You To Go)”.
It’s a funny funky little tune wishing “you-know-who” a final farewell.
Stop by www.memshannon.com and listen to a clip.

Koko Dozo Designates September 11 As A National Holiday Dedicated To Celebration Of The Living
Koko Dozo at Club NME (The Annex, NYC) w/ Boy Wonder on Thur., Sept 11th, 2008

New York’s Post-Pop duo KOKO DOZO’s members — Amy Douglas and Polarity/1 — remember 9/11 well. P/1 shares a neighborhood with the fallen towers. They [...]

Record Label: UrbanzoneRecords
Style: Soul / Funk Jazz
Review by Ronald Jackson-Jazzreview.com
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Jazz vocalist Tony Adamo struts back with his silky, charismatic, and, as I’m sure many ladies will confirm, seductive vocals on this clever new release Straight Up Deal. While I’ve classified this recording as smooth jazz, it really serves up equal doses of funk, [...]

Future Psychediscorama With Koko Dozo’s Illegal Space Aliens
Brothers and a Sister From Another Planet
By Mark Kirby, MusicDish e-Journal
One night several years ago at an Irish pub in the East Village of New York City, the discussion of music turned to disco. It involved musicians and people over 40 years-old, people who might know what they’re [...]

Drum n bass n keyboardist Mashed Buddha (aka John Corda) announced the release of his latest album “Zen Conspiracy.” The album represents a new direction for Mashed Buddha, first introduced in his prior EP release “Four Keys To Zen,” offering an intricate blend of drum n bass, ambient electronica and downtempo funk-grooves that allow for [...]

MusicDish & Music for the Masses present a very special two-night event at BAMcafé Live, one of New York City’s most significant venues for presenting multicultural artists.
SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA (Canada) + KOBO TOWN (Canada)
KARLEX (France) + CHARANGA SOLEIL (USA)
plus
DJ NEVA
Free to the Public!
BAMcafe Live
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-636-4100
http://www.bam.org/events/bamcafelive.aspx
Friday, April 4th, 2008:
DJ NEVA [...]

Musicians, Indie connoisseurs, and industry reps from around the globe dripped in to Austin to form a pool of multi-genre live music mash-ups that can only be called SXSW. Veterans of the music conference can quickly distinguish the repeat visitors from the hustle and bustle of young, eager talent just busting at the seams to [...]

Paolo “Apollo” Negri, the world-renowned Italian Hammond organist, brings his one of a kind musical style to the table with A Bigger Tomorrow. A Bigger Tomorrow is a masterful blend of funk, rhythm & blues, jazz, soul, groove and fusion tunes. Over 20 guest musicians, including members from New Mastersounds, Diplomats of Solid Sound, Montefiori [...]

A cold and wet November evening in Edinburgh was rapidly replaced with the welcoming warmth and soul of Das Contras in Cafe Royal …
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It has been four years since I heard from Tony Adamo and the last time he was Up In It (2004 EP). However, this time out there is a long player to check out. The soul brother of jazz, the one who epitomizes the word cool, is back with his groove on again. He is [...]