This is just anecdotal, but I feel like over the last decade or so "Brothers on the Slide" has become more of a retro-funk staple — I hear it on the radio and even out in stores and so forth.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 10 March 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
"Brothers on the Slide" deserves all the recognition it gets.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 10 March 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
Anyone knows if the self titled album will get a 50th anniversary reissue? I’ve been wanting to have this album on vinyl for years but every copy I’ve found is prices very high.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 4 June 2022 00:48 (two years ago) link
their new record label promises "special reissues of their back catalog," but doesn't specify format.
https://partisanrecords.com/artists/cymande
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 4 June 2022 13:47 (two years ago) link
cymande's playing Pop Montreal in sept!
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 4 June 2022 15:18 (two years ago) link
'Bra' is used very effectively in Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World, as a signifier of groovy Dadness and in acknowledgement of a tune that p much everybody can get down to.
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 4 June 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
The award winning documentary Getting It Back - The Story Of Cymande opens in Los Angeles on August 7th at @laemmletheatres in Santa Monica and then at NoHo 7 on August 8th!
The film also continues its week long run at @quadcinema in New York this week.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 July 2024 17:44 (two months ago) link
https://artsfuse.org/295606/musician-interview-getting-it-back-a-documentary-about-the-surprising-story-of-afro-funk-pioneers-cymande/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0pa6gtv5hnWyb2Urj_sVJmFOf0YoUTTqw0_78DNM-zpkpngTB_pXI7oec_aem_dfEfLjzxiknv5KdGvwO7WA
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 July 2024 17:45 (two months ago) link