SlideFunk

I'd thought I'd start out with my first post by plugging something of my own that goes on every other Thursday down off 4th St at the Crown Room. Be sure to check out myself and eight others come together to form Philly's Phunkestra every first and third Thursday. Downbeat is at 10pm, and the double set runs four hours.

For those of you who haven't seen the Phunkestra yet, take a Thursday night off to check out one of our FREE shows. We play all sorts of funk, afro-beat, hip-hop and Nawlin's funk, and
the Phunkestra has been a great chance for upcoming musicians to stretch their composition and improv chops. You can check out some of our tracks at:

http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_540683?autoPlay=true

The Crown Room is a great club for this kind of music. While it doesn't have much room for seating or even a real food menu, half the club is devoted to dancing space. If you're into sitting down and ordering up some wine or a meal with your music, it probably isn't the setting for you. However, this is a great date place. They have music throughout the week and its location probably couldn't be any better. If you're young and you like to dance, definitely check it out.

Look for the Phunkestra to be racking up more shows in town. Check us out on Facebook or Myspace. I'll have a look at a great one we'll be at this coming Friday, as well as an End of the Week Beer, so stay tuned for that post.