Nadir Omowale

THE FUNK YOU SAY? An International Funk Experience

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THE FUNK YOU SAY? An International Funk Experience, with Detroiter Nadir Omowale and Canada’s LMT Connection, Saturday, July 9 at Northern Lights Lounge

DETROIT, MI: Distorted Soul Detroit and Detroit IS Different present THE FUNK YOU SAY? An International Funk Experience, on Saturday, July 9 at Northern Lights Lounge, 660 West Baltimore Street in Detroit. Showtime is at 10:00pm with live music by Thirteen-time Detroit Music Award winner Nadir Omowale’s six-piece band featuring powerhouse vocalist Steffanie Christi’an and Canada’s LMT Connection, featuring former Parliament/Funkadelic and Sugar Hill Records horn section The Chops Horns, and led by Detroit native Leroy Emmanuel, formerly with Westbound Records group The Fabulous Counts. Tickets are $10, available in advance at DistortedSoul.com or at the door. [Read more…]

Detroit Free Press: For Detroit musician Nadir, it ‘all comes from the funk’

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Nadir_Nader_door-ENT-IMG-7733Originally published in the Detroit Free Press

The multifaceted music of Nadir Omowale is rooted in funk, but it always expands. It takes on the vibes of soul, R&B, rock, dance-pop and mashes it into a diverse blend that’s built on emotion: celebratory sing-alongs, cathartic, guitar-heavy head-bangers and poignant ballads bared with thought-provoking social commentary.

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