Tag Archives: Baby Charles

San Juan’s Gone Funky, San Juan’s Gone Soul

Okay, so it’s been a while since I featured some crunchy Funk vinyl in my Records at Random Fridays. And with the way I’ve been feeling towards my records lately it might be a while until I do again. But that doesn’t mean I’ve been neglecting my need to get funky. It’s […]

Just Say “I Gotsta Get Me Some” (Then Go Get You Some… At the Recca-Sto’)

Yesterday I bigged up Blueprint for sampling classic Soul. Today I’ve gotta give it up to some folks who are recreating that vintage Soul sound the old fashioned way. Yeah, I know, the whole retro-Soul thing is like the biggest fad of the last two years and everything. But being the ubiquitous […]

“Uncle El” Knows the “Future of the Funk” When He Sees It!

While all of that James Todd Smith “future of the funk,” “let’s push things forward” like Mike Skinner, visionary artist stuff I was popping in yesterday’s post is fine & dandy that doesn’t mean we should forget “old school” music or neglect to pay it homage. I mean, how else can we expect artists to […]