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Homer Steinweiss is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer known as a prominent drummer in the New York soul revival scene. He is a founding member and drummer of groups including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions, El Michels Affair, and Dan Auerbach's The Arcs, among many others. He leads the Brooklyn folk soul band Holy Hive with Paul Spring. A popular session musician as part of The Dap-Kings and in his own right, he is perhaps best known for his work with Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse, with whom he recorded the 2006 album Back to Black.

"Speak Low" (1943) is a popular song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Ogden Nash.

Shaolin Temple Defenders est un groupe de soul et funk français. Leur 5eme album, Free your Soul, est sorti le 20 octobre 2017.

Shaolin Temple Defenders fut formé en 2003 et est composé de 7 membres : Brother Lion (Emmanuel Guérin-Ponjouanine) au chant ; Pierre Preacher (Pierre Petit) à la guitare ; Cédric Lacaze à l'orgue ; Jérémy Ortal à la basse ; Mickey Fourcade à la batterie ; Laure Fréjacques à la trompette et Grat Martinez au saxophones ténor et Baryton.

Originaires de Bordeaux, ces 7 guerriers du groove sont avant tout un groupe de scène dont les prestations énergiques rappellent l'ambiance surchauffée des clubs mythiques américains.

En mars 2006, ils sortent un premier album de présentation, Chapter 1: Enter The Temple, où l'on peut découvrir leur passion pour les sonorités et arrangements des orchestres soul et funk des années 1970 tels que The J.B.'s, The Meters ou encore ceux du label Stax qui accompagnaient des artistes comme Otis Redding, Sam & Dave et Rufus Thomas.

The Sweet Vandals are a vintage 60s and 70s funk band from Madrid. Their music was used in a Fiat Bravo television advert.

The Sweet Vandals were formed in Madrid in 2005. After a few gigs they recorded a 45 containing the song "I Got You Man" under the Funkorama label. The song was a success in the underground market and the band signed with Unique Records, a label from Germany. Their first album was released in 2007 and in 2008 was released in France by Differ-Ant. The band then toured extensively in Germany, France and more.

After the Fiat advert the band published their second album "Lovelite". More focused on raw soul, they played a live session for the BBC at Maida Vale Studios and Rockpalast, a live music show of the German WDR. They also played in many countries like Finland, Mexico, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Uk, just to name a few.

Daptone Records is a funk and soul independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. Best known as the home of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley, the label boasts a roster which includes Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, The Sugarman 3, and Antibalas, and runs the recording studio Daptone's House of Soul.

Daptone Records was formed in 2001 by Gabriel Roth (Bosco Mann) and Neal Sugarman. Daptone was born out of the closure of Desco Records, a label run by Roth with fellow musician Philip Lehman who both played in the band Soul Providers. Roth and Lehman ended their band and business relationship in 2000. Roth, who had played with Sharon Jones as part of the Soul Providers, subsequently founded a new label with Neal Sugarman, leader of The Sugarman 3, as the home of their new group, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.

DJ Greyboy is an acid jazz DJ from San Diego, California now residing in Long Beach, California. Early in his career he was the partner of Rob Dyrdek in Crime on the Turn Tables. His style of music includes hip hop, soul, funk, experimental, and acid jazz rare grooves. Greyboy has tracks on numerous compilations. He is co-founder and namesake of The Greyboy Allstars. In 2009 Greyboy founded his own record label "Soundlock Recordings" as well as a turntable band called "Warchurch" members include Delmos Wade, DJ Truly Odd, Erick Coomes, Tycoon, Mike Long and Opie Ortiz. In 2010 he released a co-produced album with Delmos Wade titled From the Ground Up. Greyboy collaborated with rock band Incubus on a track called "Familiar", which appeared on the soundtrack of the film Spawn.

Pravda Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, representing a diverse roster of indie rock, soul, pop, and experimental artists.

The Soul Snatchers is een Nederlandse soul- en funkband en bestaat sinds 2006. De band maakt deel uit van de zogeheten ‘rare groove’ scene.

De band startte in 2006 als een project van Ton van der Kolk en Timothy van der Holst (Phil Martin) uit Dordrecht. De eerste muziekuitgave, een 7-inchvinylsingle, werd zo goed ontvangen door deejays als Keb Darge, Kenny Dope Gonzales en Paul Weller dat begin 2007 een band werd geformeerd. De eerste single bevatte twee nummers: Sniffin' & Snatchin' en Get Yourself Together.

Begin 2007 werd de band geformeerd. Hammond-speler Govert van der Kolm, gitarist Ron 'Parelvet' Smith en zangeres Yolanda Kalb sloten zich aan. Niet veel later volgde ook de Dynamite Horns-blazerssectie bestaande uit Ruud Kleiss (trompet), Tjeerd Brouwer (trombone) en Thomas Streutgers (tenorsax). Vanaf het eerste begin sloot gastzanger Jimi Bellmartin (Jimmy Bell Martin) zich aan bij de groep.

Brownout is the only studio album of American band Head Set.

All music and lyrics by Head Set

Sheep Music is a three-day world music festival which takes place during July each year in Presteigne. It has 22 years of history, starting as a party on The Warden in 1991. Since moving to its current site at Wentes Meadow in the mid-1990s it has developed into music festival. In addition to several music stages, the festival also features workshops, craft activities, and local food and ales.

Breakestra is a ten-piece funk "orchestra" from Los Angeles, California, formed by Miles Tackett in 1996.

Kraak & Smaak (Dutch: [kraːk ɛn smaːk]) is a musical production trio from the town of Leiden, Netherlands, consisting of Oscar de Jong, Mark Kneppers and Wim Plug. The three began recording in 2003. Their first album, titled Boogie Angst, was released in the UK 2006, and they began performing at music festivals and at clubs in the US and UK. Their songs were played on the radio and were used in television shows. Their second album, released in 2008, was titled Plastic People. They won an EBBA. Their third album, Electric Hustle, was released in 2011.

In 2003, UK label Jalapeno Records released the project's initial 12"s. Interest from Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong led to airplay and the recording of a DJ guest mix for BBC Radio 1. Several remixes for UK artists such as Mark Rae and DJ tours across the US and Australia followed.

Steven Douglas White is an English drummer who has worked extensively with Paul Weller and The Style Council among others.