Hi y'all,
Japan's mighty Osaka Monaurail will be touring Europe for the third time, fronted by no other than James Brown's Soulsister # 1 Marva Whitney on selected dates.
Osaka Monaurail have just released their brandnew album in Japan, under the name Undercover Express. The record - a collection of instrumental Funk covers -will be released in Europe as "Osaka Monaurail - Amen, Brother!" in December on Germany's Unique Records.
If the show comes to your town, don't miss it. Osaka Monaurail is one of the best Funk live acts worldwide.

10/30 Southampton, Soul Cellar (+ Marva Whitney)
10/31 Dublin, Andrew's Lane Theatre (+ Marva Whitney)
11/01 London, Jazz Cafe (+ Marva Whitney)
11/04 Munich, Atomic Cafe
11/06 Barcelona, Sala Apolo
11/07 Madrid, Sala Caracol
11/08 Valencia, El Loco Club
11/10 Trier, Chat Noir
11/11 Darmstadt, 603 qm
11/13 Stuttgart, t.b.a.
11/14 Marseille, Planet Cafe
11/15 Montpellier, Le Jam
11/18 Cologne, Stadtgarten
11/19 Bremen, Moments
11/20 Berlin, Tausend
11/21 Berlin, Tausend
11/22 Hamburg, Mandarin Kasino

P.S. I'm usually the DJ on each tour, but I'm tied up here in the States this time. However, I'll be playing at the London show. If you are from London and you're coming to Jazz Cafe, be sure to say hi.





Some clips of Marva Whitney:





and Osaka Monaurail:





Make friends:

www.myspace.com/marvawhitney
www.myspace.com/osakamonaurail

MrSoulpower said:

Tell Mama!

Ow! I love the way she moves. I love the way she sings so strongly with so little effort! I love the way she looks! I, oww!

MrSoulpower said:

I absolutely love, love, love, love the fact that as of the last two years or so, old school funk like this is getting props in the media. It's approaching mainstream! It's nearly there, I can almost touch it!

Sander said:

Oldschool Funk has definitely become more popular, knocking on the door of mainstream. I doubt that it'll ever become mainstream - it failed to do so even back in the day. But it's nice and very refreshing to see more and more mainstream folks at the shows, who are enjoying themselves even though they got no clue of what they are seeing.