{"id":8544,"date":"2013-01-16T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T21:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2013-01-16T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T21:48:29","slug":"funk-is-back-in-style-cd-release-and-behind-the-scenes-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/01\/funk-is-back-in-style-cd-release-and-behind-the-scenes-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Funk Is Back In Style &#8211; CD release and behind the scenes video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rock Candy Funk Party Will Release Their Debut Jazz-Funk Album <em>We Want Groove<\/em> on January 29, Featuring Guitar Legend Joe Bonamassa, Tal Bergman, Mike Merritt, Ron DeJesus and Renato Neto<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles, January 4, 2013:<\/strong> With its reboot of classic \u201970s \/\u201880s jazz-funk, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcandyfunkparty.com\/\">Rock Candy Funk Party<\/a> (RCFP)<\/strong> delivers a sound that\u2019s as celebratory as the name suggests.\u00a0 The group is powered by a lineup of world renowned players\u2014album producer <strong>Tal Bergman (drums), Joe Bonamassa (guitar), Ron DeJesus (guitar), Mike Merritt (bass)<\/strong> and <strong>Renato Neto (keys)<\/strong>\u2014who came together for the sheer fun of making music, and a mutual love of genre-blurring grooves. <strong>RCFP\u2019s <\/strong>first album <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We Want Groove<\/span><\/strong> is due out in <strong>January 29, 2013<\/strong> on <strong>J&amp;R Adventures<\/strong>, the independent label founded by <strong>Bonamassa<\/strong> and his longtime manager,<strong> Roy Weisman<\/strong>. Fans can pre-order the album here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcandyfunkparty.com\">www.rockcandyfunkparty.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 and get their first taste of it with a <strong>free download<\/strong> of the single <strong>\u201cOctopus-e\u201d<\/strong> here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rockcandyfunkparty.com\/freesong\/press-release\/\">http:\/\/rockcandyfunkparty.com\/freesong\/press-release\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/efv3KxBKyhA?list=PLfL08Vt_witdbXUpbNEmQVz9iT4QESQkl\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The album features nine tracks\u2014eight originals and one cover\u2014full of space and texture, that mash up funk, jazz, and rock with virtuoso musicianship.\u00a0 It includes a DVD with a making-of featurette, two in-the-studio featurettes and the official music video for \u201cOctopus-e.\u201d While the album is instrumental, the interplay between <strong>RCFP\u2019s<\/strong> members\u2014whose collective credits include Joe Zawinul, Hugh Masekela, Prince, LL Cool J, Ruth Brown, Chaka Khan, Simples Minds, Billy Idol, Tito Puente, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Levon Helm, Conan O\u2019Brien, Luther Vandross, Sheila E. and <em>many <\/em>more\u2014is a riveting conversation all its own.\u00a0 \u201cIt really was the definition of collaboration, one of those records where you want to bottle the vibe and save it for all albums,\u201d says <strong>Bonamassa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8545\" title=\"WWG-Cover-FINAL-web\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WWG-Cover-FINAL-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WWG-Cover-FINAL-web.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WWG-Cover-FINAL-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WWG-Cover-FINAL-web-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock Candy Funk Party Will Release Their Debut Jazz-Funk Album We Want Groove on January 29, Featuring Guitar Legend Joe Bonamassa, Tal Bergman, Mike Merritt, Ron DeJesus and Renato Neto Los Angeles, January 4, 2013: With its reboot of classic \u201970s \/\u201880s jazz-funk, Rock Candy Funk Party (RCFP) delivers a sound that\u2019s as celebratory as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2867],"tags":[5774,315,313,5769,5775,5771,5773,5770,5768,5772],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8547,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions\/8547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}