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Well, we know that we had our share of fun when we shot the footage for our ‘Deck The Halls’ video. But we didn’t expect other people to join the fun by shooting a video all of their own. However, this is precisely what happened! This bunch of clearly super talented college students from the University of Austin Texas decided to have a break from studying for their finals and came up with their own Christmas video.
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Well, this is a first on a few levels for the Funkestra! First of all, to get a three star review out of a possible four in the Los Angeles Times is totally awesome. Secondly, it is quite titillating to be mentioned in the opening gambit in the same sentence as Cee Lo Green and Tracey Thorn (former vocalist of Everything But The Girl). To top it all, its especially great news as the likes of Rod Stewart, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta who also have Christmas offerings this year, didn’t fare quite so well..
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We sneaked you a peak of the cover, titillated you with two video teasers, dressed up in our funkiest Christmas costumes and played and danced for you in the ‘Deck the Halls’ video. Now it is finally time to present you with our gorgeously designed Christmas CD ‘A Very Funky Christmas’. We infused funk, 60s boogaloo, jazz and 70s disco into classic Christmas songs to take your Christmas holiday joy to the next level. We plucked, strummed and blew our little hearts out to get you into a funkified Christmas spirit…Now we’d like you to do a little something for us!
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Spare a thought for those poor little elves. all the way up there in the Arctic circle, toiling away in the darkness to finish all the presents in time for the boys and girls to unwrap on Christmas morning. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could do something to make their lives a little easier, in this, their busiest time of the year? Well never let it be said that Redtenbacher’s Funkestra are neglectful of our tiny, hard working, supernatural friends. “If they must toil, let it be in funkiness” Quoth band-leader Stefan Redtenbacher. See the results for yourselves in our latest video!
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Thomas and I worked hard to find just the right illustrator to create the album cover for the Christmas album. We looked through numerous portfolios and drafts from illustrators around the world. Independently from each other we picked Irina Anatolieva Pamyatnih from Sofia, Bulgaria as our favorite. Her work included covers for children’s books, flyers and art drawings that all oozed the right feel for what we were after. We think she really managed to encompass the spirit of the new album.
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A Very Funky Christmas, infuses funk, 60s boogaloo, jazz and 70s disco into classic holiday songs. This collection surely will inspire you to boogie through the season and take your holiday joy to the next level. But don’t take our word for it! Check out what the James Aston Band has to say about the upcoming release of our new album A Very Funky Christmas on November 15th.
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Stefan’s trusty 1972 Fender Jazz Bass is patiently enduring a pink rubbery pendulum as it waits for the releasel of A Very Funky Christmas!
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The Return of the Manbag has been selected by Rusty for his Illinois Street Lounge playlist. This channel is described as ‘Classic bachelor pad, playful exotica and vintage music of tomorrow’ – Sounds like the perfect home to us!
Read storyUS radio DJ Robert Drake loves our forthcoming release A Very Funky Christmas. Stay tuned, we can’t wait to share it with you too!
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Today I received the chromatic extension for my beloved Alto Glockenspiel. Finally, I can play a blues scale on this thing!
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Another great evening at the Cavern on Friday 16th November with support from the brand new and very exciting Mr Little’s Noisy Band!
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Our last 606 gig for this year will be on Friday 2nd of November. Our special guest vocalist will be Swedish jazz artist Cecilia Stalin. Don’t miss this before the crazy rush to find Christmas presents takes over!
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