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Oldschoolfunker's Blog

http://oldschoolfunker.wordpress.com/

MY blog about music, covers a wide range, rock, pop, motown, jazz, blues, electronic, funk, soul and more.

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  • classic album - april

    Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 10:51

    April - 2004 - Musicology - Prince Apart from the fantastic “Rainbow Children“, this is the only other really magnificent album the Purple One has released since Diamonds and Pearls in 1991. A great collection of fresh funk, jazz and po...

  • classic album - march

    Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 14:41 in funny, Rock, experimental, frank zappa, l.a., mothers of invention, classic album

    March - 1972 - Just Another Band From LA - The Mothers This great album starts off with a 25 min track consisting of Zappa´s usual hilarious crazy commentary about a mountain named Billy whose wife was a tree which growed off his shoulder called Eth...

  • my top 10 guitarists

    Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 09:11 in Rock, solo, pop, guitar, jazz, folk, blues, pink floyd, soul, funk, led, santana

    I love compiling lists,so I thought this would be a good one to do.  It’s not based on anything except my own opinion… 10) Richie Sambora A great guitar player who is always overlooked, probably just because he’s in Bon Jovi, He ...

  • The Old Grey Whistle Test

    Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 09:02 in Rock, jazz, blues, test, old, harris, grey, whistle, bob, bbc2

    While browsing for videos of classic tunes, I was reminded of the brilliant show I used to watch on late nights on BBC2, The Old Grey Whistle Test, an influential television music show which featured many of the greats over its 16 year lifespan.  It...

  • Classic album - Febuary

    Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 07:33 in audio, david, brian, experimental, 1981, byrne, eno

    Febuary  1981 : Brian Eno and David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts This was a ground-breaking collaboration, first released in ‘81, then reissued in 2006 featuring extra tracks and with a more balanced sound quality than its original vi...

  • Vodpod added!

    Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 08:18

    So I’ve just discovered vodpod and added the widget to the blog, see right!  I think this will come in very handy, I will update it regularly with my favourite tracks. ...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.67 out of a possible 5 based on 3 comments.

HippieCouture

5 stars CaraMia

i like it!!!!

Posted: May 9th, 2009 | More Reviews From HippieCouture | Report This Comment

4 stars Lewis Miles

Hi Steafan, not sure whether or not you have seen this video but its Motown legend Ray Parker Junior performing with 3 UK beatboxers on the London underground.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll5oXmRlN-w


Sweet eh?



Lewis

Posted: March 18th, 2009 | Report This Comment

funkysoulvinyls

5 stars FunkySoulVinyls

great blog, especially the motown stuff!
bye
funkysoulvinyls

Posted: January 16th, 2009 | More Reviews From funkysoulvinyls | Report This Comment

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