Seeing The Good, The Bad and The Queen live was certainly a gig like no other. Rather than wheeling out some second rate indie band as their support act, the audience instead was treated to a series of vaudeville cabaret acts including Igor the Russian accordionist, a burlesque contortionist and ‘The Great Blondini’, a truly shit magician. (more…)
Funk music was formed from a blend other styles such as jazz, soul and R&B and is characterised by the use of not just drums and bass to create rhythms but the tight coordination of all a band’s instruments.
Dub. The precursor to all dance music. Without its existence, there would be no remix. Samples would be just liquid in jars. And bass on such a serious scale would be considered hostile.
The term hip-hop encompasses a broad range of cross-cultural activities, from dance to graffiti art. At the heart of hip-hop culture, though, is music, and the term hip-hop has come to be loosely synonymous with rap music in general.