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Parisian Jazz‑Funk Collective Who Parked The Car Drop Addictive New Single Sugar Rush

30/03/202604/04/2026 Graeme Smith

It’s been a few years since we featured the Parisian jazz and funk act Who Parked The Car and they’re very welcome back with their latest single, Sugar Rush.

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Flat Moon are here to fill up for funk stomach

05/12/2025 Graeme Smith

It feels sometimes like the world has lost its funk. If that’s the case, then Flat Moon are here to restore it.

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Tom McGuire & the Brassholes return with reflective third album

03/06/202503/06/2025 Graeme Smith

Aiming to make the word “funk” synonymous with Scotland, A Name For Everything I’ll Ever Be is the third album from Glasgow’s Tom McGuire & the Brassholes.

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Discovery: The Odd Lot take on some of the world’s worst stereotypes with new EP

07/05/202507/05/2025 Graeme Smith

A funk and nu-disco duo from Sweden, The Odd Lot are new to our blog through their cutting new four-track EP, Stereo-Types.

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Discovery: Glass Frogs show Leeds’ funky side in new single

05/02/202506/02/2025 Graeme Smith

There’s a lot going on in the Leeds music scene at the moment, and now Glass Frogs have joined the cavalcade of acts based there that have got my attention.

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Robert Silvester gets funky with original new single

23/01/202523/01/2025 Graeme Smith

With a sound inspired by Warhaus, Massive Attack, and ’70s funk, Robert Silvester has featured before on this blog in his own right, and as one third of the alternative rock band Trummerkind.

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Get Your Groove On

21/08/202312/11/2024 Jane Howkins

The funk genre came to prominence in the 1970s, before falling in popularity in the decades after. However, there are still lots of bands and artists … Continue reading Get Your Groove On

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Album Review: Widespread Haze – Move

18/10/2022 Graeme Smith

One of the few silver linings of the COVID pandemic was that it allowed many of us to take pause and think about our priorities. This was the case for Roseburg, USA-based blues rock outfit Widespread Haze. With studios shut and gigs off the menu due to the pandemic restrictions, the trio set about recording their debut album themselves. Move is the result.

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New Music: The Alex Opal Outfit – I Don’t Mind

03/10/2022 Graeme Smith

I’ve shared music by Alex Opal before but not since 2019. I’m glad to say he’s back, this time performing under the name The Alex Opal Outfit, alongside his seven-piece funk and soul band. Their latest is called I Don’t Mind.

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