Rob - Funky Rob Way - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Accra-born pianist and frontman only released a few albums in small quantities, yet two of them are among the most sought-after records from 70's Africa. This was the first. So what do we know? After learning his craft in Benin and playing with the likes of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, ROB returned to Accra to write his own material and find a sound.Hooked on the driving funk and raw soul of stars such as James Brown and Otis Redding, he would often imitate his heroes on his father's piano during school holidays. The title track sets the pace with a JBs-like rhythm, ROB almost shamanic with his sparse yet commanding vocal. The organ and wah-wah guitar spin us out before those imperious horns bring us back in. And what better way to close this set than with 'More', swept up in a call and response between Rob and his backing singers as a 'Blow Your Head' synth flares and the brass blasts. Good times guaranteed.As the man himself says, InchFunky music is in my blood. What you hear is the coming out of my mind.Inch No one sounds like Rob, because there is no one like Rob.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2014 album from the English musician, songwriter and producer based in Vienna, Austria. Informed by a rich legacy of electronic music, Sohn creates a sound that blends his haunting vocals with a backdrop of analogue drum machines and synthesizers, which makes nods to the past, but always forges forward into the new. Aside from emphasizing the soulfulness of his voice, his lyrics expertly play with the phonetics of language, wrapping his sonorous vocals around the.

Penny has shared stages with many legendary artists including Jackson Browne, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Ponies, Jennifer Warnes, Mary McCaslin and others. She performed in many clubs including the Fillmore, the Avalon, the Matrix and opened for bands such as Big Brother and the Holding Co. (Janis Joplin), Steve Miller, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 13th Floor Elevator, Chocolate Watchband, Traffic, Blue Cheer, Mother Earth, Jefferson Airplane and others. During the InchSummer of LoveInch, Penny played at the Big Sur Folk Festival and recorded her first album, InchPenny's ArcadeInch, for Buddha Records. (It eventually sold over 50,000 copies). She toured Europe in the winter of 1968, recording with George Harrison at Apple Studios while in London. In 1977, Penny joined Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefers and earned a Platinum Record for her singing on Son of a Son of a Sailor. During the same time, she recorded and toured with many performers including Art Garfunkle (Fate for Breakfast) Suzi Quatro, Yvonne Elliman, Jennifer Warnes, Albert Brooks, the Credibility Gap, and toured with Arlo Guthrie and earned a Grammy nomination for her work on his album The Power of Love. In 1990, Penny co-produced her second album, All Life is One. In 1993, she released another record, an album of songs based on the 1000-year-old Buddhist stories called Songs of the Jataka Tales. In 1997, Penny and Molly Mason collaborated on the song InchThe Unbroken ThreadInch which is included on the CD, the Catskill Collection. She currently lives and teaches in Saugerties, NY. Her most recent ventures include Working on her new CD/Book the 8 Voyages of Nep, a healing musical chronicle consisting of 12 original songs on a CD and a book detailing her journey through chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and beyond. Included in the book are original watercolors, essays wr