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Stuff we're listening to these days...
The Souljazz Orchestra combines blaring majestic horns, dusty vintage keyboards, and fierce earthquaking
rhythms to create a potent new afrofunk sound...
You've been warned.
NEWS 24 04 2008 - Long Playing Microgrooves
The vinyl LP of Freedom No Go Die is finally out, as a limited edition pressing... i wanna check this out >> 10 04 2008 - Brooklyn's The Borough
Just played Toronto and Brooklyn this weekend... Hung out in Harlem, Central Park, Greenwich Village, Queens:
New York City's the bomb. Some good shows coming up: Black Sheep in Wakefield, The Goods in Montréal,
Make It Funky in Toronto, Le Cercle in Québec, and Barrymore's in Ottawa... gimme the details on these shows >> 02 01 2008 - In The Mix
Happy New Year! Just updated the Music section to include the vinyl and the compilations that we've been
featured on lately... We also put up some more international reviews, 'tis the season for the end-of-year lists.
We'd like to thank Gatineau/Ottawa's Voir, in particular, for choosing us as 2007 Band of the Year. Merci!
Our 2008 Spring schedule is up too, we'll be hitting Kingston, Montréal, Québec, Moncton, Halifax,
Toronto, and yes, Brooklyn, baby. all right, let's see the music >> i wanna see these reviews >> show me the touring schedule >> 13 12 2007 - Doing It To Death
Well, the French tour was completely sold-out, a total success. All our love and gratitude goes out to everyone
who helped make it possible.
Highlights: teaming up with Fanga in Montpellier, with DJ Hugo Mendez in Marseille, rocking the Batofar, a
crazy boat/bar on the Seine, playing la Bellevilloise, probably our sweatiest gig ever, seeing Kutiman, Hypnotic
Brass Ensemble and Mos Def live. The entire Souljazz Orchestra actually climbed the
Eiffel tower on foot (we got in crazy shape during this tour, carrying gear around like an army squadron... Hehehe...)
We just put up some pictures of the tour, you can check 'em out for fun.
By the way, we'll be playing a crazy bash at the Babylon in Ottawa on New Year's Eve. We'll be
going all out for this one: champagne will be provided, DJ Zattar will be dishing out the muy afro funke goodness,
and the Souljazz Orchestra will be rocking the place in full party mode.
Oh, and just for fun, we've been doing some crate-digging in Paris, check out the new Soulfood album picks... gimme more on this NYE thing >> show me the tour pics >> gimme some soulfood >> 22 10 2007 - The French Connection
So we'll be touring France in late November: Montpellier, Marseille, Paris, Toulouse, Nantes...
Check out the schedule for details.
Nous allons faire une tournée française vers la fin-novembre: Montpellier, Marseille, Paris, Toulouse,
Nantes... Consultez l'horaire pour plus de détails. let's see the schedule >> 28 08 2007 - No Condition Is Permanent
So we just gave the website a long-overdue overhaul, hope you like it... The summer tour's over, man, what
a trip... We got to meet Femi Kuti in Ottawa, some of us got to hang out with Seun Kuti in Paris,
we backed up Dele Sosimi of the Egypt 80 in Calgary: feels like the world is getting smaller all the time.
We'll be doing a second
Eastern Canada tour in September. Highlights: the Virgin Music Festival in Toronto (with Bjork, Amy Winehouse...),
the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton (with Arturo Sandoval, Dr. John...), the creepy old Seahorse
in Halifax, and a fundraiser for Sudan at the Sala Rossa
in Montreal (with Kobo Town and DJ Andy Williams). Check out our schedule for details. all right, show me the schedule >> 28 04 2007 - Summer Madness
Our summer touring schedule's up, check it out... Highlights: opening up for Femi Kuti
at the Ottawa Bluesfest, playing the main stage at the Ottawa Jazzfest on Canada Day,
flying out West for Afrikadey in Calgary, travelling out East to Québec and Halifax... let's see this schedule >> 26 02 2007 - Triple Header
Busy weekend coming up... We'll be opening for Gilles Peterson
at The Next Level in Toronto, on Thursday March 29th. The following night, Friday March 30th, we'll
be playing with Nomadic Massive at the
Capital Music Hall in Ottawa. Finally, we'll be playing Montreal for the first time in a good while
on Sunday, April 1st, at the Casa del Popolo... If we look a little rough on Monday, you'll know why :-)... more concert listings >> 26 02 2007 - Sauljazz
Check us out with Saul Williams
at The Pepper Jack Cafe
in Hamilton, this Friday, March 2nd. If you don't know Williams, do yourself a favour,
check him out, this man is the future of hip-hop. For real. more concert listings >> 10 02 2007 - Do Right! CD Release
"Freedom No Go Die" is finally released on our new label,
Do Right! Music.
We'll be having two CD release parties
to celebrate, one at Mavericks, in Ottawa,
on Friday, February 23rd (with the Uptown Strugglers), and a big one at the
Rivoli, in Toronto, on Saturday, February 24th. more concert listings >> let's hear this album >> what's up with this do right thing >> 31 12 2006 - Number 9, Number 9, Number...
Hey, "Mista President" made it to the #9 spot on
Gilles Peterson's Best of 2006
list! Thanks to all those that voted... more concert listings >> 01 11 2006 - iSoul
Both
Freedom No Go Die and
Uprooted are now
available on iTunes... download Freedom No Go Die >> download Uprooted >> 11 10 2006 - Just Do Right
We just worked out a record deal with Do Right! Music
out of Toronto, which will be the exclusive worldwide provider of Freedom No Go Die!
We'll be celebrating with a Do Right! Music bash, featuring label boss DJ John Kong,
at the Babylon Nightclub, Thursday, November 9th. More info to come, stay tuned... buy the new CD >> listen to the new CD >> show concert listings >> 10 11 2005 - Dip-Dappin'
We'll be opening up for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings this Tuesday,
November 15th, at the Babylon.
If you don't know Sharon, do yourself a favour and check her out:
she's kind of like a mix of James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner, all in one.
Divas Maya & Alanna will be joining us as well, so you can expect a whole night of
heavy soul madness... more concert listings >>
