Upcoming gig: Tower of Power

VibeRide's next gig will be Tower of Power at KOKO, London, on the 29th of March. This will be our first time seeing them live and with a bit of luck we'll be able to bring you some great video clips from the performance. We're very excited about seeing this legendary funk-soul act who have been doing it for 40 years! You can also catch them at Ronnie Scott's on the 9th and 10th of March.

Not got tickets yet? Then get them now through KOKO and TicketWeb and have yourself a great night with us!

In the meantime, check out the VibeRide mixes that feature our favourite Tower of Power tracks

Mix Forty Four

Mix Forty Four introduces the Memphis Horns, Tony Rallo, Sylvester, Stargard, Aloe Blacc, and pays tribute to Jimmy Castor who passed away recently. There's also Dennis Coffey, Duran Duran, Vernon Burch and Change to complete the line up. listen right here or through iTunes and check out the track list below. Enjoy folks!

When Jazz Gets Funky...

Gimme Five: Underrated examples of when jazz guys got funky:

Mmm, 'jazz' and 'funky', my two favourite words. Interesting piece this by S. Victor Aaron. Some nice tunes picked out.

Funk's cool again?

Hustle & Flow: With two shows tonight, Will Sessions brings the funk to Detroit's 2012 | MLive.com:

"These days, the cool kids dig funk. "

I'm liking the sound of that. A funk revival in Detroit? sounds good to me. Read on...