Press
“Tweed Funk’s ‘Love Ain’t Easy’ from the album Come Together is featured on Relix Magazine’s March 2017 CD Sampler along with cuts from Robert Randolf, Greensky Bluegrass, and other great bands.”— Relix Magazine, Mar 16, 2017
“During the autobiographical tune ‘Sweet Music’ it was hard for the members of Tweed Funk to keep it together as Eric sang the lines ‘Sweet Music, you saved my life, through trials and tribulations, stress and strife. Oh Sweet Music you filled this hole in my soul.’ The tune ‘Sweet Music’ along with the tunes ‘Don’t Give Up’ and ‘Come Together’became a mantra for Smokey, the band, and their fans as they looked to support Smokey in his battle against multiple myeloma.”— #LOV3RZ Magazine, Mar 15, 2017
Don’t let the name fool you, Tweed Funk is soulful, jazzy R&B and a kick-ass horn driven band from Milwaukee. If you like that sound, this is for you. The horn section is led by Andrew Spadafora on Tenor and Bari Sax, and Doug Woolverton of Roomful of Blues on Trumpet. They are the focal point and provide a big sound for a 2 piece horn section.”— Southside Paul Weigand, Suncoast Blues Society, Jan 20, 2017
“Tweed Funk is a horn-driven group with a propulsive rhythm section and dynamic singer…’Don’t Give Up’ is a zesty danceable number, ‘Embrace’ is a slow 1950s-style outing giving maximum exposure to Holman’s skills, and ‘Love Ain’t Easy’ showcases the chemistry between the bass and the drums. ‘Bullet’ the penultimate track, features Woolverton in top form, and the closer, ‘Soul Rockin’, gives similar leeway for Spadafora to wail.”— Dan Stevens, Blues Music Magazine, Jan 4, 2017
“The band open with the funky soul of ‘Light Up the Night’ where Andrew Spadafora and Doug Woolverton lay down some classic Stax styled horns – the pure soul that permeates Holman’s vocals is evident on ‘Don’t Give Up’ where those aforementioned horns rock infectiously – whilst ‘Muse’ has a funky gospel feel again echoed by that superb horn section.”— Mick Rainsford, Blues in Britain Magazine, Oct 1, 2016
The album is all originals with compositions by the members of Tweed Funk that ring in the changes and showcase the prowess of every member…Who Is This has a distinct feel of jazz meandering through the Memphis tone that is the bedrock of Tweed Funk’s sound.”— Liz Aiken, Blues Matters Magazine (UK), Oct 1, 2016
“14 ‘New Old Soul’ Acts You Need to Hear Right Now – So great for Tweed Funk to be included in this article that includes some of our favorite soul bands: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings; Leon Bridges; St. Paul & The Broken Bones, John Nemeth; Vintage Trouble, and more.”— JD Nash, American Blues Scene, Sep 4, 2016
You got your horn section, got your back up vocals, got your powerful singer, got your MONSTER horns, got your rhythm section, you got your big band with a big sound out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ladies and gents, I give you the soulful explosive splendor of Tweed Funk. This is called “Love Ain’t Easy.””— Dan Aykroyd aka Elwood Blues, The Bluesmobile.com, Jun 13, 2016
“The Milwaukee based band are gaining considerable notoriety beyond their home city and listening to this new release from them you can see why. It’s their fourth CD and they have progressed musically by leaps and bounds over the recent years.”— Mike Stephenson, Blues & Rhythm No 310, Jun 1, 2016
“Tweed Funk’s new release “Come Together” debuted at No. 19 on the Living Blues Monthly Chart for May 2016.”— Living Blues Magazine, Jun 3, 2016 |