News & Updates — official video

Here's a brand new mixtape put together by DJ Studebaker Hawk of tunes found on Peace & Rhythm releases to date, from the very first 7" to the freshest! Give it a listen, check out the links, buy some records, support independent music!! A huge thank you to all the artists we've had the pleasure of working with, Studebaker Hawk for the mix, Margot Glass for the art, and YOU for listening!! Track list: 0:00 Peliroja - Situaciones (comp: J. Batista, M. Eckroth, J. Plasse) - from Situaciones / Ciudad de Nadie 7" P&R-45-002  (OUT OF PRINT) band website, official...

For the third time in six months, the NY funk behemoth Big Mean Sound Machine and the Peace & Rhythm DJs will team up for a night at The Root Cellar, P&R's home base in Greenfield, Massachusetts. But this time the party will celebrate the arrival of the brand new album by Big Mean, Runnin' For The Ghost, due out April 7 on Peace & Rhythm and Blank Slate. The Root Cellar will be jumping yet again as we sweat to the extended psych-funk explorations of B.M.S.M. with a full dancefloor entranced in the deep grooves. P&R DJs Andujar and...

Our man Ray Lugo has a new solo album out! Ray is one of the talents behind Terrificos (2xLP available now on Peace & Rhythm, order here for vinyl, and here for digital), Kokolo and Boogaloo Destroyers. His brand new release, Now, is available from Little Boat Records. The beautiful "Hold You" is the sixth song on the album. The album is available on ITunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play. Check out all of Ray's videos on his YouTube channel. http://raylugo.com/ Check out "Hold You": Related: https://www.peaceandrhythm.com/blogs/news/video-ray-lugo-now And check out our 2014 interview with the man here.

We are excited to be joining the Hartford-based funk band West End Blend for a groovy party at The Root Cellar in Greenfield MA on Friday, March 3. Peace & Rhythm's DJ Andujar and Studebaker Hawk will be spinning funky vinyl before and between band sets. Grab your tickets here. West End Blend are a critically-acclaimed ten-piece group who have toured all over the Eastern US. Fronted by the supremely talented vocalist Erica Bryan, the band's sound is rooted in '70s soul and funk. If you are a fan of groups like Orgone, Diplomats of Solid Sounds, The Dap-Kings and...

The much loved Cuban singer Ibrihim Ferrer rose to world-wide fame as part of Buena Vista Social Club, but not before a long career in Cuba with, among others, Los Bocucos, Beny Moré and Afro-Cuban All-Stars, with his first Cuban hit record coming in 1955. He had been an orphaned street youth singer who became a Santero, as well as a singer of sones, guarachas and boleros. In 1962 he toured Europe with Los Bocucos and met Nikita Kruschev. He continued his singing career in Cuba, largely shut off to the world. Said Ferrer: "The music got better after the...