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REVIEW: BUDOS BAND AT REGENCY BALLROOM

Back in 2005, similar to Khruangbin now, that Budos Band horn call awoke something. This instrumental psych-funk amalgam from Staten Island, melded in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, became an unlikely buzz band that rock, hip-hop, jazz, and dub and ignited dance floors all over the country with a searing live show. Ennio Morricone’s style, combined with Black Sabbath type arrangements, left music connoisseurs amazed.

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