The twelve-member, Staten Island-based Budos Band churns out soul music for Daptone Records using eleven instruments, chops worthy of James Brown's backing band, and lots of Staten Island soul. Their ...

Budos Band, the horn-fueled NYC group that incorporate everything from Fela-influenced afrobeat to Sabbath-style riffage into their sound, are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year with a new ...

As his longtime instrumental outfit gears up to release their seventh LP, and simultaneously bring their eighth full-length effort past the finish line, guitarist/ producer Thomas Brenneck looks back ...

The Budos Band is the quintessence of Staten Island Soul. Their exciting new afro-influenced take on instrumental music has been captivating listeners from turntables as well as bandstands across the ...

The Budos Band make their own zeitgeist. In the mid-2000s, the New York group’s early records created rich blends of Ethiopian jazz, Afrobeat, funk, and vintage soul. Those styles remain part of their ...

It’s safe to say that 2017 was an incredibly trying year for everyone at Brooklyn’s Daptone Records. The NYC-based home to some of the world’s best funk, soul and afrobeat bands is now without two of ...

"Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily," David Byrne once wrote. The theory got tested on Thursday night when the Budos Band, a self-described "Afro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The basic Budos formula remains the same—snaky tendrils of guitar, smoky ribbons of electric organ, and hard-hitting rhythms ...

The Budos Band detailed their first full-length album in five years, VII, arriving on May 30 through Diamond West Records. The group previewed the album with the lead single, “Overlander.” “It’s ...

Daptone-signed instrumental band Budos Band will celebrate New Year’s Eve in their hometown of NYC with shows at Knitting Factory on 12/30 and NYE. Both are with heavy retro rockers Electric Citizen ...

Longtime Daptone Records group The Budos Band will release their EP Frontier’s Edge on July 28 via a new label, Diamond West Records. The New York City-based outfit previewed the record with the ...

The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has eleven members (up to thirteen members at times) who play instrumental music ...