Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The basic Budos formula remains the same—snaky tendrils of guitar, smoky ribbons of electric organ, and hard-hitting rhythms ...

Don't recognize these guys? Get schooled: This funked up soul collective is instrumental to the rebirth of S.I. cool At the risk of repetition, we'd like to again point out that The Budos Band is ...

The twelve-member, Staten Island-based Budos Band churns out soul music for Daptone Records using eleven instruments, chops worthy of James Brown's backing band, and lots of Staten Island soul. Their ...

More than 20 years into its career, the Budos Band is touring in short bursts and keeping things loose and relaxed. “When we’re down (in Atlanta), that’ll be part of a weeklong run, and I think that’s ...

Budos Band, the horn-fueled NYC group that incorporate everything from Fela-influenced afrobeat to Sabbath-style riffage into their sound, are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year with a new ...

Many bands like to claim that they can’t be categorized or summed up by a genre name. But few acts are as truly, adventurously singular as The Budos Band. The Brooklyn-based nine-piece instrumental ...

With dozens of new Afrobeat outfits appearing every year, the Budos Band has long sought to differentiate itself from fellow Fela aficionados. On its fourth release, “Burnt Offering,” the nine-piece ...

Many cite the influence of Fela Kuti’s deep Nigerian funk or the Afro-beat outfit Antibalas when describing the sound of The Budos Band, but there’s something uniquely Staten Island about the group.

This week's show is made possible by a generous amount of existential anxiety. This includes the ego-destroying rock anthem "I Don't Matter At All," from the Toronto band Pkew Pkew Pkew, and an epic ...

The Budos Band is the quintessence of Staten Island Soul. Their exciting new afro-influenced take on instrumental music has been captivating listeners from turntables as well as bandstands across the ...

The Budos Band began as an instrumental jam band, and their seventh album—arriving five years after their last full-length, Long in the Tooth (playfully referred to as the group’s entry into middle ...

The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has eleven members (up to thirteen members at times) who play instrumental music ...