Cleveland
Album Review: McNeal and Niles – ‘Thrust’/ Wilbur Niles and Thrust – ‘Thrust Too’ : Late seventies lo-fi funk gems re-discovered.
Super curators We Are Busy Bodies are at it again, digging up those buried sounds and the forgotten stories from music’s underground archive. Last year saw them spotlight Almon Memela’s joyous South African funk and the pristine latin jazz of Virgilio Armas after near fifty years gathering dust. Now comes another retrieval from the backroom …
Premiere: Skuff Micksun rolls with the punches on soaring new single ‘BANK BROKE’
Meet Skuff Micksun. He’s apparently amassed himself quite a following on TikTok, but if you’re entirely removed from that particular social medium then we think you’ll find his songs speak for themselves. The Cleveland, Ohio native’s been active for a few years but hit his stride in 2021 and shows no signs of slowing down. …
Track: Welshy Arms – Bad Blood
Cleveland Ohio five piece Welshy Arms have released their new single, available right now on iTunes (other download emporiums available) Bad Blood. It’s a follow up to their well regarded previous single Legendary, which found its way onto The Hateful Eight trailer, amongst other things. Bad Blood throws some call and response into the mix, …
Track: Marcus Alan Ward – Little Sunshine
Cleveland Ohio singer songwriter Marcus Alan Ward has just released a new slab of future funk in the shape of his new track Little Sunshine. After releasing music under the Freeze-Tag moniker, he’s reverted to his own name, and mixes up soid funk cuts with Ward’s gospel soul infused vocals and a healthy dose of …