What’s Happening This Week? A Guide To Shows Around The Bay, Jan 16 – 19
Monday, January 16 SF Jazz Center Open House @ SF Jazz Center This MLK Day, bring the kids and experience that true American art form of jazz with locals Jazz Mafia Brass Band and SF Jazz High School All-Stars. It's what a patriot would do. Tuesday, January 17 The Nth Power @ Moe's Alley Touring in support of their new live album, the "NOLA soul band with a knack for funk grooves known as The Nth Power will return to the Bay Area for a pair of concerts," so says our preview. Marching Church, The World @ Rickshaw Stop Great [...]
The Nth Power return to the Bay Area with heavy dose of soul-funk
Next week, the NOLA soul band with a knack for funk grooves known as The Nth Power will return to the Bay Area for a pair of concerts. They are touring in support of their recently released live album, Live To Be Free. On Tuesday, January 17 The Nth Power will headline Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz and the next night, Wednesday, January 18, at The Boom Boom Room in San Francisco. The Nth Power formed after a chance meeting at the 2012 JazzFest in New Orleans and is driven by drummer Nikki Glaspie, whose resume includes notes like former member of Dumpstaphunk and touring [...]
Review + Photos: The Nth Power and Turkuaz at Slim’s
Turkuaz (photo: Joshua Huver) The last decade has seen an incredible growth in quality and quantity of properly revitalized funk bands coming out of Boston and Brooklyn. Turkuaz, a nine-piece, self-proclaimed "powerfunk" outfit from Brooklyn has been releasing music since late 2011. Their latest, Digitonium, is a nonstop 24 track masterpiece clinic in funk that would make George Clinton and Bootsy Collins proud. Born as a side project by co-founders Dave Brandwein on guitar and Taylor Shell on bass, Turkuaz was formed in Boston in February 2008. Unbeknownst to the duo, a demo of theirs had been submitted to Berklee College [...]