Thursday, April 11, 2013

It is time to get Funke



Any press release that opens with the words “One-man mechanical alt-blues band...” gets me interested. Add in the intriguing promise of “loop-pedal technology” and, that old favourite, “beatboxing” and I’m hooked. Impressively for a one man band Funke and the Two Tone Baby seem to have scared up (scared being the operative word here) a cast of hundreds (well, okay, dozens) for the video to his rather fine new single Battles, a neat modern twist on older bluesy stuff...Nu-Blues anyone? Think I’ve just invented a new genre there. Go me. Whoop  (oh, hang on...no I haven't...balls). Anyway, have a listen, great stuff.  Wouldn’t be at all surprised if he ends up on Jack White’s super duper cool Third Man Records...

Funke’s off on tour in May (dates below) and the singles out in June. 

  • May 2, 2013 – Earls, Maidstone Fringe Festival, Maidstone
  • May 3, 2013 – Woodnestock, Nr. Canterbury
  • May 4, 2013 – Man of Kent, Sweeps Festival, Rochester
  • May 5, 2013 – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (with Coco & the Butterfields)
  • May 6, 2013 – The Crown, Sweeps Festival, Rochester
  • May 7, 2013 – Bertie’s Bar, London
  • May 11, 2013 – The Emperor, Cambridge
  • May 12, 2013 – The Boathouse, Cambridge
  • May 16, 2013 – Ort Art Café, Birmingham
  • May 18, 2013 – Hafod Hotel, Devil’s Bridge
  • May 19, 2013 – Ten Feet Tall, Cardiff
  • May 21, 2013 – The Prince Albert, Stroud
  • May 22, 2013 – Café Rene, Gloucester
  • May 23, 2013 – The Beehive, Swindon
  • May 24, 2013 – Winchester Gate, Salisbury
  • May 26, 2013 – Hobofest, Honeystreet
  • May 28, 2013 – The Malt Cross, Nottingham
  • May 29, 2013 – The Old Roan, Liverpool
  • May 30, 2013 – The Verve, Leeds
  • June 1, 2013 – The Barge, Gillingham
  • June 2, 2013 – The Hope Weekender, Biggin Hill

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