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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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 ...

The next event in the First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum features a night of soul and funk by two fantastic local bands. Check out Breakestra and Fitz and the Tantrums this Friday, ...

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 ...

October 23, 2009 • 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 sweaty ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...