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Discussion on: Music Monday — What are you listening to? (Funk Edition)

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Dendi Handian

I'm sure there are a lot famous funk artists from decades ago. But what about today?
Of course it's Vulfpeck !!

Their easy to catch songs in my opinion for new listener are "Dean Town"
& "Back Pocket", then you can find more yourself.

After you knew a few of the songs, watching their madison square garden live is really a treat for your day!

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Chris Wald

+2 on Vulfpeck and this live performance. I already liked Vulf a lot but when this video dropped I was floored.

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Kurtiss Frost • Edited

Vulfpeck are amazing! I love Aunt Leslie, Dean Town, and pretty much anything they do. Their Madison Square Garden concert is KILLER

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Michael Tharrington

On the note of Vulf, ya probs are already familiar, but some of the members created a side project called The Fearless Flyers with a slightly different but equally funky flavor.

Here's a live performance for ya:

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Michael Tharrington • Edited

YES!!! I'm so glad you dropped Vulf in here.

I agree with ya that there are LOADS of fantastic old school funk musicians, but Vulfpeck is helping to carry the torch forward. I love how their music is so tight and their virtuosity as musicians is unmatched, yet they really don't take themselves that seriously, haha! Also, it's so cool how you can watch videos of them playing all their music... it's not like they're recording to the grid and just looping everything or cleaning everything up in the studio. I also love how they bring in so many other amazing musicians with them... it's a very collaborative, team environment. That comes out in the music too — it's not like you have one person soloing and taking all the attention, everyone is sharing the spotlight and what's most impressive is how good they all sound together, no one is necessarily outshining anyone else (tbc, what they individually are doing is impressive too, haha!)

Definitely one of my favorite groups out there right now! I still really wanna see them live.