News & Updates — soul/funk

Peace & Rhythm's DJ Studebaker Hawk is back in Richmond this Saturday, throwing down at the Body Talk party at Continental Divide, 10pm-2am. Body Talk are a Richmond-based DJ collective focused on playing the best in boogie-funk, soul, disco, go-go and electro dance music. 2501 W Main St, Richmond VA 23220 https://bodytalkrva.tumblr.com/ http://www.eatdivide.com/

We're excited to be returning to one of our favorite spots -- The Alvah Stone! This fantastic restaurant, located in an old mill overlooking a falling river, is a perfect rural spot for a lively party! The restaurant is celebrating three years and the week-long festivities will be capped off by a tropical-funk dance party featuring DJs Andujar and Bongohead of Peace & Rhythm Records. The Alvah Stone offers incredible food, a great bar with plenty of local drafts and hand-crafted cocktails and a wonderful staff. The DJs will be spinning groovy international flavors, all from vinyl -- from cumbia...

Singer, composer and soul music icon, the wicked Wilson Pickett came out of the Detroit churches and joined the infamous Falcons (including Mack Rice & Eddie Floyd). Pickett co-wrote and sang lead on their classic proto-soul tune "I Found A Love" from '59. He then wrote "If You Need Me", which became a big hit for Solomon Burke. Starting in '65 he belted out some huge hits of his own. "In The Midnight Hour", a tune he was co-composer of, was recorded at Stax, "Land of 1000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway", "Hey Jude" (featuring Duane Allman) and "Don't Knock...

NYC-based band Fulaso, featuring Erica Ramos, will be playing the next installment of the crucial ¡Vaya! 63 series at The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. The show is produced in association with NYU's Music & Social Change Lab. Barcelona native DJ Turmix (of the famous Boogaloo! NYC parties) will open with a vinyl DJ set. This all happens Friday, March 24, 7pm. The event is free admission, on a strictly first-come first-serve basis. And yes, they all "sell" out. 61 W 62nd St New York, NY 10023 With hefty brass and raucous rhythms rooted in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and...

Out in April, Peace & Rhythm will be dropping the debut single by psychedelic disco-cumbia Latin supergroup Locobeach. "The Devil Is A Charmer", written by Joshua "C.A.M.P.O.S." Camp, will be available as a digital single, the first in a series leading up to the band's full-length debut vinyl LP to be released in late 2017 on Peace & Rhythm. This fantastic group features members and ex-members of Los Crema Paraiso, Chicha Libre, Los Amigos Invisibles, La Muy Bestia Pop and C.A.M.P.O.S...Stay tuned!!