Six out of seven Fatback DJs recommend a healthy, pre-Fatback dinner filled with the vitamins and nutrients needed to keep your dancing sharp and your mojo working until the lights come on and “Outstanding” hits the speakers.
To that end, we are excited to have Chix as a sponsor for our 4 Year Anniversary. What […]
Before discussion of climate was taken over by “science,” soul singers were using temperature, seasons, and yes, even precipitation, as metaphors for love and heart break. In this classic jam, Peebles laments the sweet memories of lost love in the falling rain on her window. Despite the pain in her voice, the track is upbeat […]
Is there anything that James Brown could not do? He mastered the art of dancing, drunken television orating, and covering Hank Williams. And, one should mention his dramatic rendition of orphan Annie.
James Brown truly was the hardest working man in show business.
From the Candi Staton version of the Bee Gees’, “Nights on Broadway” comes Rayko’s Edit of “Broadway.” This is my favorite track of the year, and was voted the best Disco track of 2011 by Juno.
I recommend listening to this over and over and over, again. Like a fine wine, it just gets better […]
There are few songs that better reflect the sound and feel of the disco era than “Don’t Leave Me This Way”. The track, originally performed as a soul classic by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, got a serious disco infusion by Thelma Houston with her new arrangement of the song in 1977. Houston’s version […]
Ah, Brazil.
In a nod to the “Around the Globe” of Fatback’s mantra (Funk, Soul, Boogaloo and More from around the Gobe), we take you on a folkloric musical tour of Northeastern Brazil. Coco Raizes do Arcoverd has its roots in the large African population and influence of the Pernambuco state of Brazil.
This track […]
This month, Fatback presents a soulful ode to love lost and found. Download this month’s mix here.
Track listing
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It’s Killing Me) - Marvin Gaye
Think it Over (Before You Break My Heart) - Brenda Holloway
You Got Me Walking - Jackie Wilson
Mean it […]
Doing it to Death is one of those songs that will be on the soundtrack of the Lifetime made-for-TV movie about your life. The track would be prominently featured in the scene when you are exiting the dance floor with the fine young lass you just met on your arm. The music continues as you […]
When Kool & The Gang released their funky treatise on getting down in 1981, they had no idea that it would lead to three decades of white people dancing awkwardly at weddings. Me and you, your Momma and your cousin, too, have all been convinced to step away from the chocolate fondue station and dance […]
One would be loathe to think that sirtaki, the Greek line dance originally choreographed for the movie Zorba the Greek, was simply a more gyro’d version of the “Electric Slide.” The music is both both beautiful and hypnotic, leading scores of revelers to join arms and take carefully planted steps left and right while uncontrollably […]
Fatback’s Danny Harris and MASSAPPEAL’s AutoRock return to DC9 this Saturday, Sep 11, for On & On. As always, On & On is two DJs playing in tandem to bring you the greatest, funkiest, bootyshakingest tracks of all time mashed together into a sweet puree of musical goodness.
Party is at DC9 @ 1940 9th Street […]
Fatback’s Danny Harris and MASS APPEAL’s AutoRock return to DC9 on Saturday for On & On. On & On is two DJs playing in tandem to bring you the greatest, funkiest, bootyshakingest tracks of all time mashed together into a sweet puree of musical goodness.
Check out AutoRock’s latest release here:
http://sciencehead.net/AmIWrongAutoRockRemix.mp3 (Direct Download)
DC9 […]
On & On is back and now at DC9 this Saturday. Fatback’s Danny Harris and MASS APPEAL’s AutoRock DJ together in tandem, remixing/mashing up songs live and playing a rapid-fire mix of funk, disco, soul, house, hip-hop, electrofunk, breaks, and pop. Party is Saturday, July 10th from 10 pm - 3 am at 940 9th […]
An alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell and sizzle of cooking bacon.Seriously.
The District needs more distractions. Danny Harris (Fatback DC) returns to Rock and Roll Hotel for Distract, a monthly party the last Friday of every month. Music will cross the spectrum from hip-hop to guilty pleasures to dance hall to mash ups.
Friday May 28. Rock & Roll Hotel is at 1353 H St. NE. No […]
