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March 18, 2026

After Hours March 18, 2026 *Go.Soul.Map.: "Walkin' A Dream" (Peaceful Sound For Broken Minds 2024) Sicilian musician prod. Salvo "Dub" Bruno is Go.Soul.Map. He creates a moody, atmospheric sound with Nigerian sing. based in London, Derane Obika. *The EEs: "The Feel feat. Cappuccino" (Temptations Of Sound 2023) Comp. prod. guit. Claus Hartisch & comp. prod. keys Andre Neundorf are TheEEs. Germ. sing. Cappuccino aka Karsten Lowe sings lead on this cut. *Blundetto: "Warm My Soul feat. Courtney John" (Warm My Soul 2012) Blundetto is French prod. DJ, sing. & comp. Max Guiguet. Courtney John (Morrison) is a Jamaican sing/songwr. & prod. *Jeanne Cremer & Pit Baumgartner: "Un Baiser A La Fois" (Poèmes 2025) Jeanne Cremer is a French sing. actress & Germ/Aust. prod. sound painter Pit Baumgartner who is the main force in De-Phazz. *Banda Magda: "Petite Fleur" (Yerakina 2014) Led by Greek comp. sing. prod. Magda G...

March 11, 2026

After Hours March 11, 2026 *Vito Lalinga: "Zoomer" (Music Fall-EP 2026) Prolific Ital. prod. comp. V Lalinga cooks up the modern funk from Latin & African root genres with dynamic results that don't disappoint. *Dr. Rubberfunk: "Slim's Mood" (My Life At 45 2020) Dr. Rubberfunk is Brit. multi-inst. prod. comp. & DJ Simon Ward. He is also a very busy remixer. *Alan Evans Trio: "Book It" (Elephant Head 2021) Amer. prod. eng. multi-inst. & comp. Alan Evans began drums at age 9, guit. at 12 and fell in love with prod. & eng. which he basically had to teach himself. *Frente Cumbiero: "Puente Del Papa" (Inconcreto & Asociados 2025) Bogota Colombia cumbieros founded by comp. arr. prod. Mario Galeano & multi-inst. comp. prod. Will Holland (Quantic.) They explore various styles of Colombian music while expanding the boundaries. *Flowering Inferno: "Death Of The Revolution" (Death Of The Revolution 2008) Tropical re...

March 04, 2026

After Hours March 4, 2026 *Kind & Kinky Zoo: "La Jupe Volante" (Released! 2017) Lausanne, Switz. band playing funk, afrobeat & psych. with a garage rock vibe. Olivier Bill flute Pierre-Henri Beynere bass & fuzz Marc Siegenthaler keys & Sylvain Rutti drums & perc. *Funkallisto: "Piamose Trastevere" (Saturday Night Dogs 2017) Rome based band formed in 2004 in the city of Trastevere, playing funk, afrobeat, Latin and dance floor jazz. *Diazpora: "Street Market" (Islands 2017) Solid funk from Hamburg Germ. feat. bassist David Nesselhauf & drum. Lucas Kochbeck locking down the rhythm section. Sing. guit. Alex Feige joins on this album. *The Dining Rooms: "Art Is A Cat feat. Beatrice Velasco Moreno" (Art Is A Cat 2020) Milan Italy artists prod. comp. guit. Cesare Malfatti & prod. comp. Stefano Ghittoni play jazz & electronic music in a downt. ambient style. *The Electones: "Black Veil Down" (If You'll Be ...

February 25, 2026

After Hours February 25, 2026 *Dr. John: "Chickee Le Pas" (N'Awlins: Dis Dat Or D'Udda 2004) Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. was Dr. John. He was a N.O. music icon playing blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie & R&R. He began playing piano at age 6 and grew up steeped in the music & culture of N.O. *Galactic: "Running Man" (Late For The Future 2000) Amer. jam band formed in N.O. playing hip hop, world music, electronic, rock, blues & jazz feat. Stanton Moore on drums & Theryl De'Clouet on vox. *The Neville Brothers: "Hey Pocky Way" (Fiyo On The Bayou 1981) N.O. soul & R&B group of brothers Aaron vox Art sing/songwr. keys Charles sax & Cyril perc. vox beginning in 1978. Charles & Art passed away in 2018 & 2019 respectively. *Nickodemus: "Alkebulan feat. Afrika Bambaataa" (Moon People 2012) Nickodemus is NY DJ & prod. Nick DeSimone. He produces a wide variety of sounds rooted in Latin, African & East...

February 18, 2026

After Hours February 18, 2026 *Bei Bei & Shawn Lee: "Love In Hong Kong" (Year Of The Funky 2017) Bei Bei is a Chinese guzheng player comp. & teacher now living in So Cal. Shawn Lee is an Amer. multi-inst. comp. prod. living in London. *Covet: "Lovespell" (Catharsis 2023) Covet is an inst. math/prog rock band from SF Ca. led by Chinese/Amer. comp. guit. piano violin vox Yvette Young. *Khun Narin: "Phua Kao" (II 2016) Khun Narin is a psych music ensemble from Thailand. They were 'discovered' when music prod. Josh Marcy saw them performing live on a YouTube video. Marcy recorded a live impromptu session that became their first album "Electric Phin Band" in 2014. *Buscemi & The Michel Bisceglia Ensemble: "The Traveller (Buscemi's Rainy People Mambo Mix)" (Jazz Works 2008) Belgian DJ, musician Dirk Swartenbroekx is Buscemi. He makes funky dance music from a wide variety of influences. Michel Bisceglia is a Belgian com...

February 11, 2026

After Hours February 11, 2026 *Baby Charles: "Hard Man To Please" (Baby Charles 2008) Soul/funk band based in Brighton UK fronted by dynamic sing/songwr Dionne Charles & led by bassist comp. Simon Hill also of Beta Hector. 1 album. *Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers: "Bang Bang Bang" (Soul Clap 2024) Bella Brown is sing/songwr. dancer Carol Hatchett. She was a former Harlette with Bette Miller and now leads her own slammin' soul funk outfit out of LA. *Ferry Ultra: "Rising Up (Radio Edit) feat. Anne Sexton" (Ferry Ultra & The Homeless Funkers 2012) Soul & funk DJ prod. Ferry Ultra (Ferry Ghod) from Hannover Germ. was born in Teheran. Ann Sexton was an Amer. soul sing. who recorded mainly in the 70s. *Fort Knox Five: "Don't Go feat. Joe Quarterman" (Vinyl 7" 2016) Wash. DC band of Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath, Rob Myers & Sid Barcelona playing funk, reggae, hip hop & electronic. Joe Quarterman is a soul/funk artist...