Bridging the Gap August 2, 2023

*Alice Russell: "Two Steps" (Pot Of Gold 2008) British soul singer & solo artist has collaborated with many artists like Quantic, Nostalgia 77, TM Juke & Kushti.

*Diplomats Of Solid Sound: "Lights Out" (DOSS feat. The Diplomettes 2004) Originally from Iowa City, Iowa feat. vocalists Katherine Ruestow, Sarah Cram & Abbie Sawyer

*Lack Of Afro: "Take You Home feat. Joss Stone" (Hello Baby 2016) British multi-inst. composer, producer, remixer & DJ Adam Gibbons runs his own label: The Bastion Music Group. JS" Joscelyn Eve Stoker British soul singer

*Crowd Company: "Are You Feeling It?" (Now Or Never 2014) One of the UK's top funk bands with a modern take on 70s soul/funk with a twist. Feature rich songwriting, catchy hooks & virtuoso musicianship.

*Fort Knox Five: "Don't Go feat. Joe Quarterman" (Funk n' Beats Vol. 4 ) Wash. DC based recording act feat. Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath, Rob Myers & Sid Barcelona playing funk, reggae, hip hop & electronica

*Flevans: "Silly Games feat. John Turrell" (Accumulate 2020) Multi-inst. DJ & producer Nigel Evans plays funk, breaks, soul & electronica. JT: UK soul singer/songwriter

*Fleetwood Mac: "Coming Your Way" (Then Play On 1969) British blues band formed 1967 by Peter Green (lead guit. vox. composer) & Mick Fleetwood (drums, perc.) By 1970 PG's personal struggles left the band to Mick Fleetwood's leadership.

*Jethro Tull: "Beggar's Farm" (This Was 1968) English rock band formed 67-68 playing a unique style of blues/rock jazz fusion led by Ian Anderson (flute, mult-inst. composer)

*The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" (Electric Ladyland 1968) American band led by singer/songwriter, guitarist par excellence Jimi Hendrix along with bassist/songwriter/vox Noel Reddng and drummer/backing vox Mitch Mitchell

*Jimi Tenor: "Huumatun Pako feat. UMO" (Mysterium Magnum 2015) Finnish musician, composer & artist Lassi Lehto feat. UMO: Uuden Musiiken Orkesteri Finnish big band.

*Frank Zappa & The Mothers: "Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich" (Burnt Weeny Sandwich 1970) Led by composer/guitarist/iconoclast Frank Zappa became MOI "out of necessity" as Mothers referred to MFers pseudonym for good musicians.

*Xploding Plastix: "Comatose Luck" (Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents 2001) Norwegian 2 man band Hallvard Hagen & Jens Petter Nilson playing electrofunk/big beat music with elements of jazz.

*Shawn Lee's PP0: "Indian Summer" (Moods And Grooves 2005) Prolific Am. multi-inst., composer, producer living in London

HOUR 2

*MIDIval PunditZ: "Extasis" (MIDIval PunditZ 2002) Indian fusion group of Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj based in New Delhi. First Indian electronica act signed by international label: Six Degrees Records

*Mo' Horizons: "Holy Water" (...And The New Bohemian Freedom 2003) German duo producers/DJs Ralf Droesemeyer & Mark 'Foh' Wetzler spanning many styles & genres: Latin, downt., world, etc.

*Thunderball: "Lost Vagueness" (Cinescope 2006) Wash. DC based trio of Steve Raskin, Sid Barcelona & Rob Myers members of the Eighteenth St. Lounge stable of artists

*Tape Five: "A Cool Cat In Town feat. Brenda Boykin" (Tonight Josephine! 2010) German music project founded by singer/songwriter Martin Strathausen playing swing, electro/swing, latin, lounge, dub & trip hop. BB: SF Bay Area singer of blues & jazz

*JoJo Effect: "Stay Away From My Man" (Not With Me 2007) German producers/multi-insts. Jaycay & Maxim Illion (CdB) feat. German singer Anne Schnell

*Parov Stelar: "Black Coffee" (The Burning Spider 2017) Austrian musician, composer, producer, DJ & designer Marcus Fureder mixes jazz, house, electro, hip hop, swing & pop.

*AfroCubism: "Mariama" (Afrocubism 2010) Collaboration between Malian and Cuban musicians including Eliades Ochoa (Cuba guitar/vox) & Toumani Diabate (Mali kora). This was the original idea for what became Buena Vista Social Club when the Mali musicians visas were delayed in the mail.

*Buena Vista Social Club: "El Carretero" (Buena Vista Social Club 1997) Project to revive the pre-revolutionary music of Cuba. Organized by exec. Nick Gold, produced by Am. guitarist Ry Cooder & directed by Juan de Marcos Gonzalez.

*Eliades Ochoa: "Pajarito Volo feat. Ruben Blades" (Tribute To Cuarteto Patria 2000) Eliades Ochoa Bustamante Cuban guitarist/singer best know for work with Buena Vista Social Club. Joined Cuban group Cuarteto Patria (founded in 1939) in 1978.

*Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: "I Need Somebody To Love Tonight" (Expansions 2021) German band led by multi-inst. Bjorn Wagner. Formed after his trip to Trinidad & Tobago where he learned the steel drum.

*Ghost Funk Orchestra: "Prism" (A New Kind Of Love 2022) NY band of musician, producer, arranger Seth Applebaum blurring the lines between soul and psychedelic.

*Blundetto: "Nautilus feat. Shawn Lee" (Bad Bad Things 2010) French producer, singer, composer & DJ Max Guiguet playing electro, funk, soul, reggae, hip hop, dub & world music. SL: Am. multi-inst. composer living in London

*Blktop Project: "Blkwater Blues" (Blktop Project 2006) Skater musicians Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Matt Rodriguez plus drummer Chuck Treece.