Black Merda, legendary as the world’s
first all-black rock band, has released their new EP, “Believe,”
on Third Child Records.
Black Merda, legendary as the world’s
first all-black rock band, has released their new EP, “Believe,”
on Third Child Records. This is Merda’s most recent release since
2009’s “Force of Nature.” Though they have been playing
professional music since the early sixties, this will yet be their
fourth release in less than five years. Black Merda has inspired
thousands to broaden their perspective of music since their
beginning, and here they are in 2012 with a collection of smooth, new
jams for another generation of music fans to sink their teeth into.
The album itself is Miles-Davis cool
with a dash of Jimi Hendrix for funk, with clean-channel guitar work
that could just as easily fit onto a jazz record as it could a rock
n’ roll blues record. This is typical of the Merda, who have
never, ever fit into anybody’s labeling system with ease, and who
have been called all of the following at one time or another: funk
rock, black rock, folk rock, blues rock, funk, psych- funk, or even
black psychedelic funk. This is owed to their habit of having no
habits -- except that their punchy, grooving tunes have always rocked
with the best of them.
Still, Black Merda will be a new name
for many rock fans. They aren’t new to such modern heavy-hitters
as Ja Rule and Kanye West, however, both of which artists have
sampled the Merda’s music in their own tracks. The early Black
Merda albums, such as the self-titled LP, “Black Merda,” and the
infamous, “Long Burn the Fire!” are classic pieces of vinyl
treasured or deeply desired by music collectors all over the world.
Black Merda were originally named to
draw attention to the injustice and violence brought against people
of African-American descent in their hometown of Detroit, as well as
in the American south during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
This newest EP, “Believe,” is not as politically charged, but
every bit as explosive and electric as the Merda’s earliest
recordings, which are explosive and electric, indeed. It is a gift
to the world that Black Merda are still performing and recording new
rock n’ roll, and it is a duty of every rock n’ roll fan to hear
what these legendary men are laying down.
Black Merda are right here – and they
are absolutely killing it.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “Believe” is
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and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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ARTIST
CONTACT INFO:
Address –19751 Greenfield Rd.,
Detroit, MI. 48235
eMail –
thirdchildproductions@gmail.com
website – www.blackmerda.com
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