Afroskull returns to the Bowery Poetry Club for the first time since 2007. Join us at this great sounding venue for a night of funk and jams starting at 10:30pm – this is our last show of 2009! We’re up first with a nice long set featuring Bearded Jon Stonbely on bass and our razor-sharp horn section, followed by our new friends Nite Club and Fikus. See you there!
Afroskull live @ Bowery Poetry Club
December 12th, 2009To Obscurity and Beyond – now available
November 8th, 2009
Thanks to everyone for coming out and making some noise at our CD release party last night! It was truly awesome.
We are pleased to inform you that the new CD is now available! To Obscurity and Beyond features nine mind-blowing Afroskull originals. Jazz legend Ronnie Cuber joins an expanded horn section to breathe fire into Joe Scatassa’s high-wire horn arrangements while the rest of the band pours on the gasoline. To Obscurity and Beyond is the culmination of four years worth of writing and recording specifically designed to melt your face!
The wait is finally over. Order your copy today!
The CD is done! Celebrate with us on November 7th!
October 25th, 2009UPDATE: We’re still updating our new web store. Stop back here tomorrow (Sunday November 8th) to order the new album directly from Afroskull.com.
Friends and fans of Afroskull – if you have followed the band over the past few years you are no doubt familiar with the saga of the mythical new CD. Well we are proud to announce that the disc is finally finished! To Obscurity and Beyond, our first CD of new music in nine years, will be released on November 7th!
The new album features nine mind-blowing Afroskull originals. Jazz legend Ronnie Cuber joins an expanded horn section to breathe fire into Joe Scatassa’s high-wire horn arrangements while the rest of the band pours on the gasoline. To Obscurity and Beyond is the culmination of four years worth of writing and recording specifically designed to melt your face!
Join us for the CD release party on Saturday, November 7th, at Ace of Clubs in New York City. Come down early for great sets from our friends Wounded Buffalo Theory (8:30pm) and Blue Food (9:30pm) before Afroskull blows the roof off. We’ll be doing two epic sets, including the new CD in its entirety, with a special five-piece horn section and special guests. THIS is the Afroskull show you have been waiting for.
TO OBSCURITY AND BEYOND
The new CD from Afroskull
Available at Afroskull.com starting November 7th, 2009
CD RELEASE PARTY
Saturday, November 7th, 10:30pm
@ Ace of Clubs – 9 Great Jones St., NYC
Also appearing: Wounded Buffalo Theory (8:30) and Blue Food (9:30)
To Obscurity and Beyond – coming soon
September 20th, 2009We are pleased to announce the completion and imminent release of our first album in nine years, “To Obscurity and Beyond.”
Two big September shows
September 11th, 2009Greetings once again Afroskull fans. We’ve got two big shows coming up this month.
First up, this Saturday night (9/12) we’re live at Union Hall in Brooklyn. It’s our first show in Brooklyn in a long time and our first gig ever at Union Hall, one of the borough’s best venues. We’re the first band on a great bill that also includes Buffalo Killers, the Scott Metzger Band and the Nate Wilson Group. Plus we’ll be joined by a special guest on bass: our old pal from New Orleans, Matty Williams! The funk starts at 8pm.
Next up on Friday 9/18 is a special benefit show for the Parkside Lounge, our home-base for the past few years. The club has fallen on hard times and needs our help! We’ll be joined by a couple of special guests: The Wild Koba on keyboards and guitar, and Bearded Jon Stonbely on the bass! Come out on September 18th to support the Parkside Lounge and your favorite purveyors of monster funk, AFROSKULL. Show time once again is 8pm.
We’ll see you in September, as the old song says. And then get ready for some Afroskull news in the next couple of weeks that we have ALL been waiting for …
a few photos from the last Parkside show
August 11th, 2009Thanks to all who came out to the Parkside Lounge a couple of weeks back. We’ll be back there on Friday, September 18th. More details about that and more will be coming soon. In the meantime check out Greg Aiello’s photos from our most recent gig.
Afroskull Returns to the Stage – July 24th, 2009
July 9th, 2009We’re back from our little siesta and ready to get down. Join Afroskull at the Parkside Lounge in New York City on July 24th for a full set of the super-heavy funk. We’ll have Bearded Jon on bass, Superman Seth on percussion and the full horn section along for the ride.
AFROSKULL live at the Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St. @ Attorney St., NYC
Friday, July 24th 2009 – 8pm
Live at the Parkside Lounge – Jan 09
January 7th, 2009People of the funk, get ready. Afroskull is back. This friday night at our second home, the Parkside Lounge, the monster uglyfunk party commences. In the spirit of musical acrobatics, we’re dusting off a few oldies but goodies that we haven’t attempted in a few years, plus covers by Rush and Funkadelic. We’ll be joined by guest vocalists Isaac Davy Aronson and Donny Dykowski too. So if you’re dealing with the post-holiday blues, there is no better place to soak in some live music and adult beverages than at Parkside this friday night!
see you there!
AFROSKULL live at the Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St. (at Attorney St.), NYC
Friday, 1/9/09 8pm
AFROSKULL DOES HALLOWEEN
October 10th, 2008Myth: Linus was the only one who believed in the Great Pumpkin. Fact: Afroskull believes in the Great Pumpkin. The Great Pumpkin is a powerful bipartisan entity that will save our economy. The Great Pumpkin is an orange glowing beacon of hope. For the 42nd anniversary of the first television emergence of said rotund squash, Afroskull will converge on the Parkside Lounge to usher in the greatest musical holiday ever: Halloween. On this epic night your favorite monster-funk-rockers will not only be including a slew of never-before played covers (Led Zep with horns anyone?), but also taking it to the stage with more musicians than you can shake a razor-blade tainted apple at. Joining us will be the incomparable Dan Asher (making his funky triumphant return on the bass), the baddest three-piece horn section this side of Louisiana, plus special guests the Wild Koba on guitar and Isaac Davy Aronson on vocals!
AFROSKULL live at the Parkside Lounge
Thursday, 10/31/08, 8pm
Parkside Lounge Fri 3/21/08 – last show till summer!
March 19th, 2008Please join Afroskull for another encounter at the Parkside Lounge this Friday night, March 21st. It will be our final show at least until the middle of summer. Our guitarist, composer and fearless leader Joe Scatassa will be working in London for the next few months, and the commute to the Parkside will be a bit too much for him. He’ll be back in mid-July so we’ll be cranking the live show back up around that time. So please come by and give Joe a warm send-off.
AFROSKULL live @ the Parkside Lounge
Friday 3/21/08 – 8pm
317 E. Houston St. (corner of E. Houston and Attorney St.)