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Latest music, Masterlink Sessions notes, tour updates and project stories from Redtenbacher's Funkestra.
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Dear all, Let me tell you about ‘All we are saying | Concert for Ukraine’. This is about raising funds for a very important cause. Customarily the Masterlink Sessions house band (a.k.a. Redtenbacher’s Funkestra) operate happily as a studio band for invited artists. For special ocassions some we like to come out and play live.…
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SPOTIFY LOVE FOR SQUID EXIT MUSIC 7″ RADIO EDIT The DOUBLE! Spotify show us some love for our latest release ‘Squid Exit Music’ (7″ radio edit)! Firstly we are we on the ALL NEW JAZZ editorial playlist. Click HERE. Secondly we are also on the JAZZ FUNK personalised playlist. Click HERE. By clicking on the…
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FIRST VOX FUNKESTRA GIG SINCE FEB 2020 We are excited to play our first vox Funkestra gig since Feb 2020 this coming Saturday, March 12 in Hook, Hampshire. It will be ‘revue’ type show as not only will be play some instrumental Funkestra tunes, we will also act as the backing band for singer-songwriters Georgia…
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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE collab single between Pete Simpson and Redtenbacher’s Funkestra out now on RSB Records. A soulful gem! Listen and download on your favourite platform HERE. Pete Simpson and Stefan Redtenbacher met at a birthday party in Vienna. There was an impromptu jam on the bandstand as a gift to the host. This started…
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Dear Patreons and friends, the Masterlink Sessions team (Leo, James and Stefan) and all the awesome musicians and artists wish you a merry Christmas, happy holidays and a BIG thank you for all your support in 2021. It’s been a rollercoaster and we’ve made it through all the ups and downs with your help and…
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BLACK FRIDAY SALE | 30% OFF Funky Black Friday Sale | 30% Off. Funkify your life with a 30% discount on everything on Stefan’s Funkstore. Apply coupon code blackfriday21 in your check out basket. Consequently this includes vinyl records, CDs, small and big band arrangements, bass transcriptions, lead-sheets and unique items. 30% OFF EVERYTHING on…
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The Story How did it come to Horn House and Redtenbacher’s Funkestra collab on new single? Scottish trombonist Nichol Thomson and Austrian bassist Stefan Redtenbacher met as students at Berklee College of Music in the mid 90s. This is where Redtenbacher’s Funkestra started out and recorded their first album in Boston. They both relocated to…
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Stefan Redtenbacher interview | ’40 Minutes of Funk’ LISTEN HERE! What fun to do this Stefan Redtenbacher interview on ’40 Minutes of Funk’ with Michael Bendure from Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Michael is a true Funk music lover and has clearly spent some time to get into the music of the Funkestra and my career.…
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Dear funkateers, you might have come here via one of the buttons on my latest newsletter or via social media. Either way, happy that you are here and are interested in some of my stories. Starting off with this great quote (attributed to many like Blaise Pascal, John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, Cicero,…
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The Golden Switchback ‘The Golden Switchback’ is the 1960s themed album that I always wanted to write. Inspired by classic film music recordings by Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones and John Barry, Ennio Moricone et al. The backstory If my go-to recording studio would be big enough I would have recorded the arrangements of my compositions…
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DRUMMERS! Play-along fun! Click here and download the minus drums track from the new Redtenbacher’s Funkestra’ Big Funk Band’ album. 1 Download the track & play-along 2 Video Yourself 3 Upload it onto instagram tagging both @funkestra & @mikedolbearcom There will be a prize for our favourite! Competition will run from Sep 29 until Oct…
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Album cover by Neil J Hart, photo by Rob Blackham A while ago we created a couple Masterlink Session videos with young Blues artist of the year 2020 and 2021 Connor Selby. We were all impressed by Connor’s musical majurity, love for Ray Charles, all things ‘classic Blues’, his fascination of the ‘death tempo’ (playing…
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