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Big Mean Sound Machine and Peace & Rhythm DJs at The Root Cellar, 4/15

Big Mean Sound Machine and Peace & Rhythm DJs at The Root Cellar, 4/15

For the third time in six months, the NY funk behemoth Big Mean Sound Machine and the Peace & Rhythm DJs will team up for a night at The Root Cellar, P&R's home base in Greenfield, Massachusetts. But this time the party will celebrate the arrival of the brand new album by Big Mean, Runnin' For The Ghost, due out April 7 on Peace & Rhythm and Blank Slate. The Root Cellar will be jumping yet again as we sweat to the extended psych-funk explorations of B.M.S.M. with a full dancefloor entranced in the deep grooves. P&R DJs Andujar and...

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Red Baraat Spring 2017 Tour

Red Baraat Spring 2017 Tour

Our favorite bhangra / funk / go-go / dhol n' brass party band Red Baraat is hitting the road this Spring in anticipation of their forthcoming album Bhangra Pirates, out March 24 on Rhyme & Reason. The record will be released on digital, CD and on LP. (The group's first vinyl, believe it or not!). Pre-order here. The band will be hitting both US coasts, as well as a gig in Abu Dhabi. Dates: 02.17.2017  Abu Dhabi @ NYUAD Arts Center   Tickets       Info       03.04.2017  Miami, FL @ Carnaval on the Mile   Tickets...

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Peace & Rhythm Presents a free-admission weekly music series at The Root Cellar

"Peace & Rhythm Presents" is a weekly eclectic music series every Wednesday night at The Root Cellar, downtown Greenfield's newest music venue. This premier season features bands and performers of various genres and styles, including funk, world music, jazz, reggae, rock, folk, DJs and more. Every Wednesday is FREE ADMISSION, 21+. Doors open at 8, music starts pumping at 9 and goes until 1230. ---Wed, July 27...The Boogalistics (soul-jazz/funk) and Doctor Thing (freak-out psychedelic jazz-funk) - The Boogalistics bring fresh energy to the classic sound of soul jazz. Boogaloo, soul-jazz, funk, this brand new group out of Northampton will satisfy...

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Brand New Release!: Los Terrificos - Go South / Vaya Pa'l Sur - double album

Peace & Rhythm presents the brand new double 12” LP by Los Terrificos titled Go South/Vaya Pa'l Sur. Taking inspiration from Latin, African, Caribbean, North and South American sources as diverse as the “narco corridos” of Mexico and afrobeat, not to mention Cowboy Western film soundtracks, surf, psychedelic Amazonian cumbia, dub, electronica, funk, Andean folk, even disco, this record is wide ranging yet cohesive. Evocative of wild landscapes, dramas big and small, it’s also a concept story album, perhaps unlike anything in Latin-oriented music today. Order the album direct from the Peace & Rhythm webshop. 500 pressed, 160g vinyl, double album,...

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Peace & Rhythm To Release Bio Ritmo "Oriza" 45 December 1

Peace & Rhythm are happy to announce the brand new 45 by Richmond salsa legends Bio Ritmo. The long-awaited "Oriza" (b/w Whiskey Barons remix) will drop on the scene December 1. This is a limited edition, red vinyl edition of 500, with picture sleeve art by the band's lead vocalist Rei Alvarez. Familiarize yourself here: Richmond, Virginia’s Bio Ritmo have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to making original salsa that appeals to both the head and the heart. For the last couple of decades, their music has been a refreshing alternative to the brand of “Teflon”...

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