funk

For George Clinton It’s All About Sole

by Paul Cashmere

Funk legend George Clinton has gone from Soul to Sole in a new collaboration with Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog.

Tagged as: Canada, fashion, Fluevog, funk, George Clinton, John Fluevog, USA

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Michael Franti Australian Dates For 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Franti will return to Australia for shows in Sydney and Brisbane in November as well as an appearance at the Queenscliff Music Festival for Victoria.

Tagged as: 90s, funk, hip-hop, jazz, Michael Franti, reggae, rock, USA

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The Cat Empire To Perform Melbourne and Sydney Orchestra Shows

by Paul Cashmere

The Cat Empire will perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in August and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in September.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, funk, indie, jazz, Latin, reggae, rock, The Cat Empire

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The Wooten Brothers Preview First Album In Decades With ‘Sweat’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

The Wooten Brothers new song ‘Sweat’ is the first collective music from the brothers in decades and opens the door for the album ‘Sweat’ coming in 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, Joseph Wooten, soul, Sweat, USA, Victor Wooten, Wooten Brothers

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Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins Dies at 81

by Paul Cashmere

Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins, an original member of Parliament, has died at age 81.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Clarence Fuzzy Haskins, funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Serve Another Unique Show For Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers have surprised fans every single night on the 2023 tour with a unique show with a different setlist at every show.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, Live Nation, Melbourne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith Pops into Cherry Bar Melbourne for an AC/DC Workout

by Paul Cashmere

Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers was banging away to a few AC/DC tunes at Cherry Bar in Melbourne last night (8 February 2023) and played to an audience of 17.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Chad Smith, Cherry Bar, funk, Live Nation, Melbourne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers in Melbourne 7 Feb 23 photo by David Mushegain supplied Live Nation

Red Hot Chili Peppers Are A Band At The Top Of Their Game

by Paul Cashmere

A Red Hot Chili Peppers concert is musicians in their prime creating unique art right before your very eyes every single night. This week, Melbourne was treated to the brilliance.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, funk, Live Nation, Melbourne, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers Big Day Out Showgrounds Melbourne Australia Jan 26th 2013 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia and New Zealand Tour – The Numbers by The Numbers

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers have played six of their nine Australia and New Zealand shows with three to go. Now that they are two thirds through the AUNZ dates we can now see the pattern for how a setlist is put together.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, Sydney, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Play A Totally Different Show To Brisbane In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

The one thing Red Hot Chili Peppers fans can expect on the current Australian tour is the unexpected. The first show in Sydney (2 Feb) was a completely different show to Brisbane (29 Jan) which was a completely different show to Dunedin and Auckland on 26 Jan and 21 Jan.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, Sydney, USA

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers Big Day Out Showgrounds Melbourne Australia Jan 26th 2013

Red Hot Chili Peppers Play First Show For 2023 In New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Red Hot Chili Peppers have kicked off their first show of 2023 for Auckland, New Zealand.

Tagged as: 90s, funk, metal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Tony Hadley Gives Australia A 40th Anniversary Party

by Paul Cashmere

This is Tony Hadley’s 40th Anniversary Tour but it covers a lot more than the last 40 years. The oldest song in the set, Frank Sinatra’s ‘One For My Baby’ goes back nearly 80 years. Chuck Berry’s ‘Carol’ is over 60 years old. Yes, it has been 41 years since that first Spandau Ballet album but Tony Hadley is putting this show in context. He is taking it back to where it all started for him.

Tagged as: 80s, Destroy All Lines, funk, pop, soul, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Prince Estate Finally Settles After 6 Years

by Music-News.com

The court battle over Prince’s estate has ended six years after the singer’s death.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, funk, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Live Nation has reactivated big time in Australia with a Red Hot Chili Peppers stadium tour in 2023 with Post Malone opening the shows.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australian Tour, funk, Live Nation, Post Malone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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Prince To Have A Stretch Of Street Named After Him

by Paul Cashmere

Soon you will be able to stroll down Prince Rogers Nelson Way in Minneapolis. On 7 June, Prince’s 64th birthday, the Minneapolis City Council. Has approved the renaming of the block next to the First Avenue nightclub, the club where Prince started out, to have a new name.

Tagged as: 80s, funk, Prince, Prince and the Revolution Live, Prince Rogers Nelson Way, R&B, rock, soul, USA

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Prince and the Revolution Live Coming June 3

by Paul Cashmere

Prince and the Revolution Live, recorded 30 March 1985, will be released on 3 June 2022.

Tagged as: 80s, funk, Prince, Prince and the Revolution Live, R&B, rock, soul, USA

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Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Fender To Release A Nile Rodgers Stratocaster

by Paul Cashmere

Fender will release a Nile Rodgers ‘Hitmaker’ Stratocaster honoring the instrument Rodgers played on hits by David Bowie, Diana Ross, Madonna, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, The B-52’s, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Daddy Yankee, Robert Plant / The Honeydrippers, Jeff Beck, The Vaughan Brothers, Lady Gaga, Sister Sledge, INXS, Sam Smith and many more.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, disco, funk, Nile Rodgers, pop, R&B, USA

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Historical Footage of 11-Year Prince Found and Authenticated In Minneapolis

by Paul Cashmere

Footage of Prince as an 11-year old student has been found and authenticated by a television station in Minneapolis.

Tagged as: funk, Grand Central, Minneapolis, Prince, R&B, rock, USA

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Prince: The Immersive Experience’ Is Coming To Chicago

by Paul Cashmere

‘Prince: The Immersive Experience’ is an all-new Prince exhibition due to have its world premiere in Chicago on 9 June.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Chicago, dance, funk, Prince, rock, The Immersive Experience, USA

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Prince Estate Valued At $156 million

by Paul Cashmere

The estate of late music icon Prince has been valued at $US156.4 million ($AUD217 million) following a lengthy legal battle.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, Prince, R&B, rock, USA

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Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder Calvin Simon Dead at 79

by Paul Cashmere

Calvin Simon, one of the co-founders of funk band Parliament-Funkadelic, has died at age 79.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Calvin Simon, funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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Winston Surfshirt To Headline A Twilight At Taronga Gig

by Paul Cashmere

Winston Surfshirt formed in the Sydney suburb of Manly in 2015. Later this month they’ll venture 7ks down the road to Mosman for a headline gig at Twilight At Taronga.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, funk, hip-hop, Twilight At Taronga, Winston Surfshirt

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Joseph Wooten To Bring Young In A Million To His Funky Birthday/Christmas Jam In Nashville This Sunday

by Paul Cashmere

Nashville bass player Joseph Wooten turns 60 this weekend and is celebrating with a special event with friends at the Analog Room of the Hutton Hotel in Nashville Sunday (12 December). Some of those friends are Nashville’s Young in a Million.

Tagged as: 90s, funk, Joseph Wooten, Nashville The Music City, R&B, soul, Steve Miller Band, USA, Wooten Brothers, Young in a Million

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Nile Rodgers Is Recording Kaiser Chiefs

by Music-News.com

Kaiser Chiefs are recording new music with Nile Rodgers.

Tagged as: 00s, 70s, dance, disco, funk, Kaiser Chiefs, Nile Rodgers, rock, UK, USA

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Joseph Wooten Raps The Praises Of ‘Nashville The Music City’

by Paul Cashmere

Josephn Wooten, Nashville The Music City, Steve Miller Band, soul, funk, R&B, USA, 90s,

Tagged as: 90s, funk, Joseph Wooten, Nashville The Music City, R&B, soul, Steve Miller Band, USA

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Prince ‘Controversy’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Prince ‘Controversy’ has clocked up its 40th anniversary. The fourth Prince album was released 14 October 1981.

Tagged as: 80s, controversy, funk, Prince, R&B, USA

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Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Blood Sugar Sex Majik’ Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

‘Blood Sugar Sex Majik’, the fifth Red Hot Chili Peppers album, was released 30 years ago on 24 September, 1991.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Blood Sugar Sex Majik, funk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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George Clinton, Parliament: Photo Ros O'Gorman

George Clinton Successfully Defeats Defamation Suit

by Paul Cashmere

George Clinton has been successful in defeating a motion against him by music publisher and record company owner Armen Boladian, who claimed Clinton defamed him in his 2014 biography ‘Brothas Be’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, funk, George Clinton, Parliament, USA

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Tex Perkins Has A Fat Rubber Band

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Tex Perkins has taken the Fat Rubber Band into the studio for an all-new double single coming May 21.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Fat Rubber Band, funk, Tex Perkins

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Sells Catalogue For $US140 Million

by Music-News.com

Red Hot Chili Peppers are the latest act to sell off their catalogue. Hipgnosis Songs has reportedly paid $140 million for the catalogue.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, funk, Hipgnosis Songs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rock, USA

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The Killers Enter Guinness Book of Records

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™, the global authority on record-breaking, have presented The Killers (USA) with two certificates ahead of their gig at London’s The O2 arena on Monday night, for their hit “Mr Brightside”, which has been awarded two iconic Guinness World Records (GWR) titles.

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