New Mastersounds Ticket Giveaway, Budos, Antibalas, Tower of Power Dates & More…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I think you’ll find the wait well worth it.

Those of you who tuned in Tuesday night could not have missed the massive list of NYC shows that has accumulated here in the Night Train databanks. These next two months are shaping up to be a great time for NYC funk - and a big part of that is the New Mastersounds coming across the Atlantic. Yours truly will be interviewing them on the Night Train’s sister show, Across 110th St., on Saturday March 15 at noon. The band mentioned that they may have some new tracks to spin, and they’ll be playing a show at Sullivan Hall later that night. We’ll have a pair tickets to give away after the interview - plus a pair to give away on the prior Night Train, on 3/12.

March in NYC live funk & soul:

For those of you who missed a couple of the show announcements, here goes:
Thurs. March 6: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, SOLD OUT
Fri. March 7: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $35
Sat. March 8: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $35
Sun. March 9: Herbie Hancock Project @ Iridium 8:30PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $35
Sat. March 15: The New Mastersounds @ Sullivan Hall TBA time (with interview on Across 110th St., ticket giveaway @ noon on WKCR!), Tickets $10a/$12do
Fri. March 21: The Budos Band, opener The Sweet Divines @ Maxwell’s NJ 9:30PM, Tickets $10a/$12do
Sat. March 22: The Sweet Divines (featuring some of the former Dansettes) @ Rose Live Music 10PM as part of the “All Night Brooklyn Soul Party”, $5 suggested donation
Thu. March 27: The Budos Band @ S.O.B.s 7PM doors/9PM show, Tickets $15
Sat. March 29: Soulive @ Blend NJ 9PM, Tickets $27.50

April show dates (including new Antibalas dates) & the playlist from the 3/5/08 Night Train after the jump!

April, May & Beyond in NYC live funk & soul:
Thu. April 10: Tower of Power @ B.B. King’s 8:00PM & 10:30PM, Tickets $30a/$35do
Thu. April 10: Antibalas @ S.O.B’s TBA showtime, Tickets $20a/$25do
Fri. April 11: The Nouvellas record release party @ Maxwell’s NJ showtime TBD, Tickets $8
Fri. April 11: Papa Grows Funk @ Highline Ballroom 7PM doors 9PM show, Tickets $15a/$17do
Fri. April 11: Antibalas @ Southpaw 8PM doors/9PM show, Tickets $20a/$25
Sat. April 12: Antibalas @ Southpaw 8PM doors/9PM show, Tickets $20a/$25
Mon. April 14: Etta James & the Roots Band @ B.B. King’s 8:00PM Tickets $90 standing, $150 seated
Tue. April 15: Etta James & the Roots Band @ B.B. King’s 8:00PM Tickets $90 standing, $150 seated
Wed. April 16: Etta James & the Roots Band @ B.B. King’s 8:00PM Tickets $90 standing, $150 seated
Thu. April 17: The Greyboy Allstars @ Highline Ballroom Doors 7PM/Show 9PM, Tickets $30 (not yet on sale)
Fri. April 18: The Delfonics @ B.B. King’s 8:00PM Tickets $25a/$30do
Thu. May 8: Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves @ Joe’s Pub 11PM, Tickets Not Yet Available
Sat. May 17: The Nouvellas @ Fontana’s “Subway Soul Club Girl’s Night”
Thu. June 19: The Nouvellas @ The Knitting Factory

Not the promptest posting, I know, but here’s the playlist for the Night Train from 3/5/08:
(sorry, no recording for this one… promise to next week though.)

James Brown - “Night Train” (Island 1962 7″)

Deep Funk & Organ Soul:

Mickey & The Soul Generation - “Get Down Brother” [Texas]
Pazant Brothers & Beaufort Express - “Mboga Chakula (Greasy Greens)” [New York]
Billy Ball & The Upsetters feat. Roosevelt Matthews - “Tighten Up Tighter” (King 1968 7″)
United 8 - “Going Downtown to Get Uptown”
Presidents - “It’s My Thing” (Penelope 1969)
Pearly Dowell - “Good Things” …check out the price…
Thomas East & The Fabulous Playboys - “I Get a Groove” (Toddlin’ Town 1969 7″)
Billy Ball & the Upsetters feat. Roosevelt Matthews - “Tighten Up Tighter” (King 1968 7″)
Budos Band - “Scorpion” (from the LP The Budos Band II, Daptone Records 2007)
Soul Investigators - “Greens Please”
” - “Midnight Bar-B-Q” (both from the LP Home Cooking, Mit-Wit Records 2007 Reissue)
Sly Stone - “Rock Dirge Pt. 1″ (Woodcock late 60’s)
The New Mastersounds - “Miracles” (from the album Live at La Cova, 3 on the B Records 2006)
Deacons - “Sock it to Me” (Shama 1968 7″)

Breaking the Beats

Bobbi Humphrey - “Harlem River Drive” (off the LP Blacks & Blues, Blue Note 1973)
El Michels Affair - “Bring the Ruckus” (Truth & Soul 2006 7″)
” - “Musings to Myself” (from the LP Sounding Out the City, Truth & Soul 2006)
Timmy Thomas - “Why Can’t We Live Together” (Glades 1972 7″)
Charlie Earland Erector Set - “Yes-Suh!” (Eldorado 7″) …Buy It!…
Bobby Hutcherson - “Ummh” (from the LP San Francisco, Blue Note 1971)
” - “Ice Cream Man” (from the record Solo/Quartet, Blue Note 1981)

Popping Soul

Marvin Gaye - “Ain’t That Peculiar” (Motown 1965 7″)
Al Green - “Full of Fire” (from the LP Full of Fire, Hi Records 1976)
Stevie Wonder - “Jesus Children of America” (from the LP Innervisions, Tamla Motown 1973)
Isaac Hayes - “Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic” (from the LP Hot Buttered Soul, Stax 1969)

…and then Glover Wright took over the controls.

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