The Menahan Street Band

soul // funk

Lead by multi-talended producer Thomas Brenneck, The Menahan Street Band offers a solid blend of instrumental funk, late sixties sounding soul, latin grooves and afrobeat. Back in 2007, long before the group’s debut album, the Brooklyn based ensemble drew attention for their outstanding “Make The Road By Walking” track, which was sampled for the ubiquitous Jay-Z’s hit “Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)”. “Home Again!”, a mid-tempo composition from the recently released Menahan album embodies warm guitar melodies and tightly structured horn arrangements.

Entirely instrumental soulful goodness.
The Menahan Street Band – Make The Road By Walking
The Menahan Street Band – Home Again!
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Posted by Julija on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 under funk, global, soul.

8 Responses to “The Menahan Street Band”

  1. stella said on November 21st at 6:50 pm :

    Love it. Such a sexy sound. I thought I heard some El Michaels Affair in there, and surely enough, they’re part of this awesome group.

    Thanks for this.

  2. Guuzbourg said on November 24th at 8:25 am :

    Great album. Check also the new The Grits record.

  3. Hannah said on November 26th at 5:08 am :

    Awesome (:
    Menahan in Bahasa Melayu means to “keep, keep back, endure, detain, bridle, bate”.

  4. Jared said on November 26th at 3:53 pm :

    Hey I heard this band on the radio at 5:30 this morning driving up the merritt parkway.
    crazy!

  5. Kelly said on November 30th at 11:47 pm :

    I love it! Will most def go out and buy.
    If you like this you’ll probably like a band called Brownout! out of Austin Texas. They’re a side project of Grupo Fantasma.

  6. Joezeon said on December 3rd at 9:43 pm :

    truly amazing. love them both.

  7. dr vorhees said on December 5th at 2:28 pm :

    very cool. the same things I like about the Budos Band seem to apply here. will have to check out.

    thanks for posting!

  8. Esther said on February 27th at 7:27 am :

    Love it. Great Instrumentals and the beat is so refreshing. Keep on playing.

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