![]() ![]() The songs ended up being a lot more direct and funkier than those on our previous records. “On this record there was some collaboration in the writing process but when a song goes to the band and the players start making suggestions or changing things our collective feeling really comes through. “Snarky Puppy has always been a band that prioritizes the sound of the music,” notes League. With a lineup consisting of three guitarists, four keyboardists, two brass, two reeds, a violinist, multiple percussionists and drummers and bandleader Michael League on bass, Empire Central expands upon the collective’s wide array of influences including blues, hard rock, classic soul, modern gospel, funk, new tech, fusion and jazz. The record also features the last recorded performance of keyboardist, ’80s funk pioneer and musical godfather Bernard Wright, who passed away at age 58 shortly after the sessions. ![]() Empire Central features 16 all-new tracks heavily influenced by (and paying homage to) the city that gave birth to the group. ![]() “Grammy-winning, genre-defying musical collective Snarky Puppy’s new album Empire Central was recorded over the course of eight nights in front of a live-in-studio audience at Dallas’s Deep Ellum Art Company. ![]()
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