“Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone” will make its US national TV debut on 50+ Public Television stations tonight at 9PM EST. It will be the season premiere episode of WORLD TV’s AfroPoP series hosted by Comedy Central’s the Daily Show comedian Wyatt Cenac. You can pre-order the DVD from the filmmaker’s website. In other [...]
Fishbone just launched a new campaign with Punk Rock Deals for their latest Crazy Glue EP. The promotion includes the CD, t-shirt and 25th Anniversary Graphic and you can get it here.
You have until October 11th to buy Fishbone’s Crazy Glue EP at PledgeMusic.com which is quite similar to Kickstarter. The fans have started a petition to get them in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The guys also have an upcoming appearance on “The Dennis Miller Show.”
Martin Luther McCoy just released another album of his punky funky soul earlier this month. Extra Terrestrial Brother Volume 1 is his fourth release and you can get it at his Bandcamp page. EXTRA TERRESTRIAL BROTHER by MARTIAN LUTHER
Tamar-kali’s “Pearl” remix gets a visual treatment and guest verses from Jean Grae. The Brooklyn Afro-Punk pillar is still coasting from her Black Bottom release last year. She and her 5 Piece Family have a cameo appearance in the film “Pariah.”
CLEVELAND (February 3, 2011) – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will open a ground-breaking and provocative new exhibit that will illustrate the important roles women have played in rock and roll, from its inception through today. Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power will highlight the flashpoints, the firsts, the best, the [...]
The producer, musician, and arranger is famous for helping Al Green find his sound on the Hi Records sessions and shaping Memphis soul. He also worked as a trumpet player and bandleader with minor R&B hits like “Soul Serenade” before Hi Records. 1. Willie Mitchell Drummer and baritone for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.Pendergrass [...]
(Los Angeles, California – September 29, 2010) Tamar-kali’s hard-rocking brand of outsider art leaped from every track on her 2005 solo EP, Geechee Goddess Hardcore Warrior Soul, enchanting listeners with its melody, while delivering a swift kick to the gut with its incisive emotional core. Five years later her first full-length release, Black Bottom, packs [...]
Fishbone have been at for 25 years only to watch lesser bands surpass them in commercial success. It’s been a hard road for them as Black men doing a blend of rock, funk, ska and R&B. From ’86 to ’96 they had a deal with Columbia and produced some of the most wickedly good music [...]
Skunk Anansie have reunited for their fourth album Wonderlustre coming this month on September 13th. Here is the trailer for the band’s new soul metal blast and the video for their first single “Ugly Boy.”
