The Funk Ark

Sharon Jones playing WFUV holiday show with Brandi Carlile & Dawes +++ Budos Band, Lee Field & Charles Bradley shows

Sharon Jones‘ cancer sadly returned but she’s still fighting and touring soon. When we last posted, her schedule included a couple shows just outside of NYC (Newark and Tarrytown) and now it’s got one happening in the c…

Blitz the Ambassador playing DC and Brooklyn Night Bazaar, where Denitia & Sene play an EP release party the next day

Brooklyn rapper Blitz the Ambassador has two East Coast shows happening this week, a DC show on Thursday (3/19) at Howard Theatre (tickets) and a FREE Brooklyn show on Friday (3/20) at Brooklyn Night Bazaar with Karikatura, King Holiday and DJ Mi…

Femi Kuti announces tour; Fela being celebrated during CMJ; Antibalas playing shows (dates)

Femi Kuti & The Positive Force @ Moody Theater in 2011 (AUS) (more by Tim Griffin) Afrobeat authority Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force are slated to tour the US in 2013…