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 from Wash. DC.

*Galactic: "Start From Scratch" (Crazyhorse Mongoose 1998) Amer. jam band formed in N.O. playing hip hop, electronic, world, rock, blues & jazz & feat. Stanton Moore on drums & Theryl DeClouet on vox.

*James Brown: "Get On The Good Foot, Pt. 1" (Get On The Good Foot 1972) Amer. sing/songwr. & musician known as "The Godfather Of Soul" & "the hardest working man in show business." Former shoe shiner, car washer & cotton picker, JB rose to the pinnacle of popular music in the 60s & 70s.

*Sun Ra: "Urnack" (Angels & Demons At Play 1967) Amer. free-jazz comp. pianist & bandleader. A music innovator, pioneer of free jazz improv. & early advocate of electronic keys & synths. He was able to sight read & compose music by age 11.

*Sun Atlas: "Cure The Sick" (Return To The Spirit 2024) Group members keep their identies secret to put the focus on music & oneness. They play afrobeat, cinematic soul, ethio jazz with space sounds, hip hop breaks & a garage funk vibe.

*Alpacas Collective: "Surrounded" (Big Words 2023) Perc. comp. prod. Frederik Khun leads this Belgian band through afrobeat, deep funk, hindustani raga, psycho dub & creole rap.

*Bebo Best & The Super Lounge Orch.: "Mambajazz" (Jazz Mamba 2016) Ital. prod. comp. multi-inst. arr. Bebo Baldan is Bebo Best. His is well versed across classical, world, jazz & pop music. He is based in Portugal.

*Bossacucanova: "Nana" (Brasilidade 2001) Braz. band combines trad. bossa nova with electronic music led by bass. prod. eng. Marcio Menescal.

*Buscemi: "Mistral Du Sud" (Mistral Du Sud 2021) Belgian musician, DJ & journalist Dirk Swartenbroekx explores a wide array of genres.

*Moacir Santos: "Coisa Numero 1" (Ouro Negro 2001) Braz. comp. arr. multi-inst. known for his innovative contributions to Braz. jazz & Braz. pop music.

HOUR 2

*Monsieur Blumenberg: "Sciabadabada" (Musique Et Couleurs 2001) MBlumenberg is Ital. sing. sax & flutist Federico Montefiori taking time off from his twin brother Francesco & Montefiori Cocktail.

*Modulo5: "ElectriCity" (Here And Now 2010) Ital. DJ, programmer, sampler, sequencer Dave Masoch & Paolo "Apollo" Negri on Hammond B3 & keys. Jazz, funk & soul.

*Low Fidelity Jet Set Orch.: "Behind The Star-System" (Searching For A Bit Of Popularity 2008) Itals. Dave Masoch & Apollo Negri go deeper into the roots of funk, bossa nova & heavy Hammond sounds expanding their Modulo5 sound.

*Lucky Brown & The Funk Revolution: "Scatterbrain" (Lucky Brown's Space Dream 2011) Lucky Brown is Seattle funk maestro comp. & musician Joel Ricci. He runs The Westbound Archive collective of musicians & creative individuals.

*Poets Of Rhythm: "Survival Of The Freshest" (Discern/Define 2001) German funk band founded by guit. prod. bandleader Jan Weissenfeldt & prod. comp. sing. & multi-inst. Boris Geiger.

*Quantic Soul Orch.: "Melodious Wayfarer" (Tropidelico 2007) Live soul, funk & jazz band formed by Brit. prod. comp. multi-inst. Will Holland (Quantic) feat. a rotating cast of musicians incl. his sister Lucy on sax.

*The Roches: "Weeded Out" (Another World 1985) Amer. Female vox grp of 3 sing/songwr sisters Maggie, Terre & Suzzy Roche. They began as a duo with Terre & Maggie later adding youngest sister Suzzy.

*Kat Eaton: "Slow It Down" (Talk To Me 2021) Brit. sing/songwr. Kat Eaton writes with guit. husband Nick Atkinson whenever they feel compelled to write, not wanting to force the process.

*Wax Poetic: "Fall Away feat. Norah Jones" (On A Ride 2012) NY based trip hop band led by Turkish musician Ilhan Ersahin. Norah Jones is an Amer. sing/songwr. pianist & actress. She is the daughter of sitar player Ravi Shankar.

*Xploding Plastix: "Two Nickels To Rub" (This Is Accurate 2023) Norwegian 2 man band of Hallvard Hagen & Jens Petter Nilsen playing electro/funk big beat music with elements of jazz.

*Fila Brazillia: "Lullaby Berkowitz" (Dicks 2004) Brits prod. songwr. eng. David McSherry & prod. comp. musician Steve Cobby are electronic duo FB. They disbanded in 2006 but came together in 2013 & 2023.

*Angels Of Libra: "Ganimed" (Revelations 2023) Hamburg Germ. based soul band. Dennis Rux prod. guit. David Nesselhauf bass Chris Haertel keys & Lucas Kochbeck drums.

*Blue States: "Hiatus" (Restless Spheres 2016) English downt. electronica project from prod. comp. multi-inst. Andy Dragazis.