MARCUS I MEETS ADUBTA: Heavy Manners
STONE MONKEY
24/08/2024
Forthcoming vinyl heat on F-Spot Records comes in the shape of this 45, Heavy Manners, from Marcus I meets aDUBta. The former is a singer
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FAT PRODUCE: Fresh Squeeze
STONE MONKEY
14/05/2024
Not only has label F-Spot Records been doing its bit to ensure the organ trio is thriving as a concept in having The White Blinds
NIGHT OWLS: You Don’t Know Me (feat. ELI PAPERBOY REED)/ If You Let Me (feat. JR THOMAS)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
12/03/2024
More absolute treats from the Night Owls camp as members of The Lions along with The Aggrolites’ Roger Rivas lay down the riddims for another
FAT PRODUCE: Sticky Beets b/w SON! (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
15/02/2024
Miami seems to be hot on the U.S. funk-soul scene these days. I mean there’s the Tiki Tumbao label with Tony & The Kings on
MESTIZO BEAT: She’s A Rose b/w Lotsapoppa (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
19/01/2024
L.A.s Mestizo Beat return shortly with a very funky seven inch indeed. Side A is She’s A Rose which looks to Johnny Pate’s Shaft in
NIGHT OWLS: Ain’t That Loving You (feat. CHRIS MURRAY)/ Are You Lonely for Me, Baby (feat. MALIK MOORE)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
02/11/2023
Night Owls established themselves as a byword for musical quality on even the first of their run of funky reggae 45 covers of old soul
NIGHT OWLS: After Laughter (feat. DESTANI WOLF)/ Didn’t I (feat. HOLLIE COOK)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
19/08/2023
[RATING: 5] More double A-side 45 heat from Night Owls (when isn’t it?) as they re-imagine another brace of old soul classics inna funky reggay
TIM CARMAN TRIO: Southpaw
STONE MONKEY
27/06/2023
Damn, where did I hear this sound before? Oh yeah – on any late sixties/ early seventies Grant Green LP. And while I’ve heard stuff
THE SAND DOLLARS: Waterloo Bossa/ Get Thy Bearings (Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
24/04/2023
Turns out F-Spot Records (home of funky reggae covers super-group Night Owls) has a new subsidiary label – Pangea International Recording Co. – and not
NIGHT OWLS: I Only Have Eyes For You (feat. CHRIS DOWD & TIPPA LEE) b/w Live And Let Live (feat. MILES TACKETT)(Vinyl 7″)
STONE MONKEY
25/02/2023
[RATING: 5] As the monkey pointed out when Night Owls released their first post Versions LP single, Cramp Your Style, the L.A. funky reggae supergroup