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The Duke and The King - Long Live The Duke and The King - out on Loose (UK) / Silva Oak (US)

Monday 27 September 2010, 10:47 1

The Duke and The King - Long Live The Duke and The King
(CD) Silva Oak Records (US) / Loose Records (UK), 2010-09-27

The Duke & The King's debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay was one of 2009's most acclaimed albums, with its heady mix of rootsy folk-rock and vintage soul earning comparisons with artists ranging from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Sly & The Family Stone. Little over a year later, the band led by Simone Felice and Robert 'Chicken' Burke prepares for the September 27th release of their second album, the extraordinary Long Live The Duke & The King on Loose Music/ Silva Oak. Entirely self-produced, Long Live The Duke & The King was recorded in the band's own studio/shack deep in their home woods of Bearsville, New York. Exalting in their ongoing love affair with rock, folk, soul and psychedelia, The Duke & The King have officially knighted two irreplaceable members to the cast, Nowell "The Deacon" Haskins (of Parliament-Funkadelic lineage), and The Sensational Simi Stone, both of whom contribute golden vocals throughout this stunning collection of songs.

The Duke and The King - Shaky (video)

Friday 27 August 2010, 15:53

The Duke and The King - Shaky
Extracted from the upcoming Long Live The Duke and The King album to be released september 27th.

Links :
'Long Live The Duke and The King' album info
thedukeandtheking.co.uk
myspace.com/dukeandtheking
twitter.com/dukeandtheking
myspace.com/dukeandtheking
facebook.com/pages/The-Duke-and-The-King/89609158729
Watch "Shaky" on vimeo.com/14031626
Pre-order on Amazon.co.uk
Buy digital on itunes.apple.com
US Label : loosemusic.com
UK Label : loosemusic.com | myspace.com/looserecords
shorefire.com/clients/thedukeandtheking
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Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza

Saturday 10 July 2010, 21:52 14

Grant Phabao and Djouls - 21st Century Afro Extravaganza (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) Colored-Inc., 2010-07-10 The Paris DJs extended family has among the most pro-active in spreading the good word about worldwide African music. Celebrating the recent releases by One Foot In Jail or Franck Biyong on our brand new Colored-Inc. label, and announcing the upcoming albums from Oghene Kologbo (thru Kraked) or Ebo Taylor (thru Strut), here's nearly 4 hours of 21st century afrojazz, afrobeat, ethio-jazz, afrofunk and afrolatin grooves - selected and mixed by Grant Phabao and Djouls who are...

One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3 - out now on COLORED-INC.

Friday 21 May 2010, 15:11 1

One Foot In Jail - Hard 2 Find Vol.3
(Download/Limited CD) Colored-Inc. COLI005, 2010-05-17

One Foot In Jail is the first venture for the Colored-Inc. label into African vibes. Blending Nigerian harmonies with American Soul or Jamaican Funk, European folk & electronics with Afrobeat, Jazz with souful reggae or deep poetry, with some hefty doses of Reggae, Psychedelia and African percussions in between, this is indeed a kind of a Afrofunk Jazz Thing, a fantastic record pushing the Colored-Inc. label's identity quest deep into the exploration of African, Carribean and Afro-American music.

Production duties by David Murray (10), Doctor L (2,4,8,9), Franck Biyong (7), Grant Phabao (3,5,6), Loik Dury (1), with star guesting Amayo from the Fu-Arkist-Ra, Antibalas, Clip Payne and The Deacon from The Duke & The King (USA), Kiala Nzavotunga and Oghene Kologbo (from Nigeria), Ranking Trevor and The Jays (from Jamaica), and The Gwo Ka Masters (from Guadeloupe)

The Duke & The King - Live in Paris, France - February 23rd !!

Tuesday 23 February 2010, 12:54

The Duke & The King (Usa/Loose Music)
En concert à La Fleche d'Or
MARDI 23 FEVRIER 2010 A 20H
102 Bis rue de Bagnolet 75020 Paris

The Duke & The King are a glam-soul-folk quartet from New York featuring Simone Felice, Bobbie Bird Burke, Simi Stone and Nowell Haskins. Named after the traveling Shakespeare hustlers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn these curious blood-brothers (and sweet sister) have found a home together, a traveling Church of Harmony and Sin where its OK to french kiss your cousin and all strays are welcome to come out of the cold and sing along to these songs of love, loss, pathos, and hope.

The Duke and The King - Nothing Gold Can Stay

Friday 25 December 2009, 20:45

The Duke and The King - Nothing Gold Can Stay
(CD) Ramseur Records (US) / Loose Records (UK), 2009-08-04

On August 4, Ramseur Records in the US and Loose Records in the UK released Nothing Gold Can Stay by The Duke & The King, an album recorded in the the coldest Catskill winter, that shimmers with the light of memory and hope. The album features ten new songs, all co-written by The Duke (Simone Felice of The Felice Brothers) and The King (Robert Chicken Burke, from the Kraked family, longtime partner of Loik Dury, member of the cult Drugs soul/p-funk band, involved in many projects from the 20th connection of Paris DJs), and was recorded on a two-inch tape machine in Burke's one-room, woodstove-heated cabin - affectionately known as The Chapel - in Woodstock, NY. Folk-blue-eyed-soul at its best!

Kologbo feat. The Deacon - Freedom Back

Sunday 06 December 2009, 18:27

Some of you discovered Kologbo on stage at the Afrofunk party we organized last summer with Ebo Taylor & The Poets Of Rhythm. Some others already knew he was the tenor guitar player from Fela Kuti's Afrika 70 and he now plays on stage with Tony Allen. Some of you might even have heard the Remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti album he released in 2007 with Berlin's heaviest afrobeat ensemble Afrobeat Academy... Well he's now preparing a new album called Africa is the Future, produced by Loik Dury and to be relased early 2010!! Here's a preview, with Freedom Back featuring The Deacon (from The Duke...

The Duke & The King - In This Place We Call Our Home

Sunday 18 October 2009, 21:40

The Duke & The King - In This Place We Call Our Home

The Deacon (Nowell Haskins) and The King (Robert Burke) from The Duke & The King, longtime partners of Loik Dury & the Kraked family, involved in many projects from Paris DJs' 20th connection, try out a new song in the Church of Heavenly Sounds (Chiswick, England). The duo deliver a heart-rending piece of soul-folk not to be missed. And check out the album, Nothing Gold Can Stay

Links :
youtube.com/watch?v=sAv8kmRoG-s
myspace.com/dukeandtheking
parisdjs.com/index.php/post/The-Duke-and-The-King-Nothing-Gold-Can-Stay
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The Duke & The King - The Morning I Get To Hell Live on BBC

Sunday 18 October 2009, 21:38

The Duke & The King - The Morning I Get To Hell
Live on BBC (...Later with Jools Holland)
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