Georgia Anne Muldrow
Thu., Feb. 25, 8:30 p.m., $12-$15, with Dudley Perkins, Aquil and Electric Lady, Arts Garage, 1533 Ridge Ave., 215-765-2702, georgiaannemuldrow.eventbrite.com.
Alexis Maryon
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soul/funk/hip-hop
Muldrow's a key player in the jazzy Afrodelic future-funk groove-world orbiting around SoCal labels Stones Throw and Ubiquity — count Sa-Ra, Madlib, Erykah Badu and Mos Def among her collaborators and fellow travellers — and one of several artists who've been smartly tweaking the neo-soul template, swapping out drab tastefulness for grittily inventive sophistication. The vocalist/MC/producer/multi-instrumentalist's latest, King's Ballad (Ubiquity), landed earlier this month right alongside round two of Snowpocalypse '10, but it's as summery as they come: the titular MJ eulogy'll swoon you right back to June '09, while fonky slow-burners "Doobie Down" and "Summer Love" (self-explanatory) are plenty simmering enough to melt this mess we're in.
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