Brooklyn Funk Essentials have been doing their thing since the early ’90s – a free-form fusion where soul, jazz, funk, house and hip-hop share the same bloodstream. Now they’re back with new material, a new album on the way (Black Butterfly, 2026), and the same electric pulse as ever.
Their 1994 debut Cool & Steady & Easy was a genre-blurring statement that still spins, 30 years on. Since then: collaborations with Crystal Waters and Hüsnü Şenlendirici, tours with Parliament-Funkadelic, Erykah Badu and The Fugees. But Brooklyn Funk Essentials never trade on past glories.
With two world-class front voices – Alison Limerick and Desmond Foster – and a core of original members and new blood, they deliver a show where every track lands like an exclamation point.
LINEUP
Alison Limerick – vocals
Desmond Foster – vocals and guitar
Hux Nettermalm – drums
Lars Kronlund – bass
Kristoffer Wallman – keyboards
Ebba Åsman – trombone and vocals
Loïc Gayot – saxophones
Rickard Valdés – percussion
