GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The Glenwood Springs Summer of Jazz welcomes Los Angeles-based Breakestra for the second in the summer concert series, Wednesday beginning at 7 p.m. in Two Rivers Park. Breakestra ...

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L.A.'s eight-piece collective Breakestra is all about (by the band's own admission) "deep funk, good ol’ hip-hop breaks and psychedelic soul-jazz fever." And, the bio continues, a show entails ...

Ubiquity to release Breakestra's long-awaited album Hit The Floor October 25 on Ubiquity Records, the band's first LP of all-original songs. Four years is a long time to wait for a second album ...

If you're a music fan in LA, no doubt you know Breakestra, whose work in that gray area between breakbeat, old school funk, Latin grooves, jazz and soul comines to create something both fresh and ...

Last week, influential L.A. funk and hip-hop club the Root Down returned from a year-long hiatus after more than a decade running. With a new location (the G-Club in Hollywood), a new host (KG ...

Not every come-on needs to be packaged with flowers, candy or promises of permanence, and Breakestra knows that: Appropriately, "Come on Over" exudes grit, delight and the sweaty urgency of urges. The ...

This was a gift for anyone who has ever complained about the sparseness of the typical two turntables and a microphone set-up. Two live hip-hop outfits from L.A. joined forces on a sunny Saturday ...

éPOSSIBLY the world's greatest funk bandé is a billing that's almost impossible to live up to, not least while James Brown and George Clinton still have some life left in them. But last night LA's ...

Los Angeles rhythmic hustlers Breakestra take their cues from the restive grooves of '60s/'70s funkateers such as the Meters. They are heavyweights in the worldwide resurgence of authentic funk. This ...