Wegofunk

A funky Parisan life...

As you can see down to the right, one of my links is wegofunk? Why?
Well this is a "funk & groove" website that I do interviews for sometimes.
This is probably the only positive thing that my ex, Fred, left me- new friends (passionate, intelligent, innovative people) and a great social life in this milieu-one that I love and 50% of my social life is based around it now.
Not only through meeting these news friends (Anne-Marie, Nathalie, Alain, Alexis...) do I never pay to get into any night around Paris (!)but I have also met some of my heroes, by interveiwing them.
Anne-Marie started up www.wegofunk.com 6 years ago, with help from Nathalie, an online web magazine dedicated to funk, soul, groove and afrobeat. On the site you can find a forum, album reveiws, ITWs, debates, agenda, competitions etc.
Anne-Marie (trained as an architect) is also a DJ making more and more of a name for herself in and around Paris- it's 10 times as hard for a woman to get the gigs but slowly but surely she is earning a reputation and getting good dates. With a friend of hers, Aicha, she has started the "wegogirlz" nights- in other words she said more or less thought "we're going to organise a night with 100% female DJs and prove that it rocks just as much as any other night" and it's true: www.wegogirlz.com- there's one tonight that I'm going to.
Check out her space on myspace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=7511621
Bubbly, crazy Nathalie sings - you can go onto her myspace page and check it out: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=85268305

Alexis and Alain orgainse nights- check out the website: www.3emevoie.com
Alan also has a radio program online and they both do 1000s of other things

If you go online you'll see my interviews- who have I met?

• Carleen Anderson (voice of the Acid Jazz generation in the 90s, singer with Young Disciplesand Incognito- remember "Apparently Nothing"?http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Carleen-Anderson-The-voice-of-Acid-Jazz-english-french-_a333.html
• Fertiles Ground- jazzy, groovy, african influenced group- once of the most amazing albums I've ever listened to- originally from Baltimore- amazing!http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Fertile-Ground_a447.html
• Alice Russell x2 (young Brighton based singer with the most amazing voice you'll have heard for a long time) www.truthoughts.com http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Alice-Russell,-TM-Juke-et-son-groupe_a243.html http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Alice-Russell-La-nouvelle-voix-soul-anglaise_a63.html
• Lyn Collins and Martha High (James Brown's backing singers for 20 years)http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Lyn-Collins-et-Martha-High-The-Funky-Divas_a62.html
• PeeWee Ellis (world famous saxophonist and James Brown's close collaborator and song writer as well as being in Brown's group 'The JBs" with Maceo Parker etc for 20 odd years) http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Pee-Wee-Ellis_a128.html
• Keb Darge (mad Scottish DJ- well respected in the industry- will pay up to £2000 for one 45 vinyl-once had the biggest collection of soul/funkvinyl in the world) http://www.wegofunk.com/Interview-Keb-Darge_a205.html
• Silhouette Brown (US groove combo, New Soul-flows like metled chocolate) - still waiting to be put online

They're all in English and French

I'll keep you updated on up and coming interviews...

See ya!