The Greatest Showman – Kid Creole mounts an unbeatable evening of song-and-dance

Andy Polaris reviews a rare visit to Britain by Kid Creole for one night at the Boisdale, Canary Wharf It had been a long time since I had seen Kid Creole and the Coconuts live in concert and expectations were...

Jazz-funk: laying the foundations for today’s multiculturalism

Andy Polaris reviews a long overdue survey of a crucial chapter in music history that transformed black British nightclubbing with contemporary sounds from the States Rodney P's Jazz Funk is a TV documentary charting the influence of black American jazz-funk...

Meltdown: Thundercat’s voyage into a funky dimension

Andy Polaris is wowed by Thundercat at Meltdown, London As part of Nile Rodgers-curated Meltdown Thundercat was an inspired choice as a funk jazz guitarist who I first heard about through Pitchfork and stumbled across his quirky videos Walkin' and...

Imagine Leee John in flashback then fast forward

Andy Polaris reviews Imagination at the Lambeth Country Show The free concerts organised by London local councils in the summer – a tradition that continues despite government cuts and underfunding – have become a highlight of the year for cash-strapped...

A playlist from the 70s alive and funky in Soho today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW7dHxr56kI What’s unique about the dozen tracks listed below? Yeah, yeah, obviously they all formed the backbone of the funk and soul soundtrack to my teen years in the 1970s when I would hear them on the dancefloors of the...