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Best described as the pioneers of the London acid jazz scene, the Brand New Heavies sparkled in the 1970s epoque of funk music; however they initiated a huge popularity for classic soul in an era ...

"We got away with a lot because we were from England," says founding member Jan Kincaid. Their so-called oddness was noted in America when the Heavies' 1990 self-titled debut album got traction. The ...

During the decade frontwoman N’Dea Davenport was separated from her band the Brand New Heavies, she claims not to have minded — or even much noticed — the string of female singers who supplanted her. ...

The passing of two decades has seen London change, its charged, febrile atmosphere but a memory as the streets - once trod by soul boys, Mods and jazz heads; stylists one and all - now lie choked by ...

Musicians shouldn’t be allowed to use the word “raw” to describe their own work. But the terrible twosome known as the Black Diamond Heavies is hereby awarded carte blanche. From the distorted “whoo!” ...

From 'Get Used to It' Hear full-length cuts from the new album by The Brand New Heavies: The British funk and soul group The Brand New Heavies has been flying a little below the U.S. radar since the ...

The Brit funk-soul band’s first record in six years is a solid, if uneven, effort that marks a reunion with N’Dea Davenport. Davenport, the voice of the band’s early, most successful years is joined ...

A love of the funk, especially when you come from Ealing, London’s green leafed queen of the suburbs, requires dedication. Andrew Levy and Simon Bartholomew grew up there, as did I, and when we meet ...