LANCE FERGUSON: Rare Groove Spectrum Sampler (Egg Roll/ The Dump Vinyl 7″)

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COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS: Blind Bet (2014)

In just under a month another veteran contemporary funk and soul act places its ‘difficult third LP’ cards on the table and this time it’s the turn of Cookin’ On 3 Burners – a.k.a. the ‘other’ band of Oz funk and soul kingpin, Lance Ferguson. Two previous LPs have dealt out out hard-hitting, tightly-played instro funk, soul and jazz-funk that has become increasingly supplemented by vocal contributions in a not dissimilar manner to the output of The Bamboos. In …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: (Chris Gill & Lance Ferguson present) The Soul Of Melbourne (2012)

What’s Melbourne ever given the world? Well – apart from Olivia Newton John and Neighbours (cheers for them by the way) – actually quite a lot of contemporary funk and soul. MB regulars will know that while Brighton (UK) and the States seem to supply just under a quarter apiece of the planet’s entire output and just under another quarter seems to originate from a smattering of locations, more than a quarter seems to emanate from down under, in Melbourne. Of course it was only a matter ...READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BLACK FEELING 2: Burning Spear/ Shaft In Africa 45 sampler (2011)

BLACK FEELING VOL. 2: Burning Spear/ Shaft In Africa 45 sampler (2011)
Lance ‘funk is my middle name’ Ferguson of Bamboos/ Cookin’ On 3 Burners fame brings forth the second volume of the Black Feeling project. The central conceit behind this (as with the original) is that Lance and buddies get to cover funk-soul and jazz-funk classics but each one under a different pseudonym. On this album taster, S.O.U.L.’s Burning Spear gets a frantically percussive makeover by ‘The Polytones’ with a Blue Note-style guitar while ‘The Mighty Show-Stoppers’ give Shaft In Africa slightly harder and faster seeing to than Johnny Pate’s original. Anyone familiar with the original funk compositions of…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM