God Made Me Funky
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God Made Me Funky is a Toronto
-based funk
group. The group started in 1996 as an "instrumental funk fusion experiment" and developed a popular following in the Toronto music scene.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
-based funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
group. The group started in 1996 as an "instrumental funk fusion experiment" and developed a popular following in the Toronto music scene.
Awards and nominations
- Best RnB Band, Toronto Independent Music Awards 2005
- Nominated for Favourite Urban Artist/Group/Duo of the Year, Canadian Independent Music Awards, 2007
- Nominated for R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year, Juno Awards, 2008
Albums
- God Made Me Funky
- We Can All Be Free
- Enter the Beat
- Welcome to Nu Funktonia
External links
- www.godmademefunky.com (Official site)
- MySpace page
- Profile on CBC Radio 3CBC Radio 3CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...