CITY FUNK ORCHESTRA feat Imaani & Angelo Starr
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About the show
City Funk Orchestra - The capital’s best and most popular funk/soul dance band plays to packed houses throughout London and the South. The band are now a regular attraction at both soul and mainstream festivals and Summer 2025 first saw them appearing amongst the headliners at the Saturday Love Soul Festival in Palmers Green Park, North London. Many more festival appearances have seen them appearing alongside Average White Band, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Tony Hadley, Amy Winehouse Band, ABC. Their biggest audience was last Summer’s 10,000 capacity Cropredy Festival in Oxfordshire opening the evening with a bang for the Trevor Horne Band.
The band’s sound centres around the soul and funk ‘golden age’ of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, to which these top players have added the magic ingredient of genuine authenticity. Their own CFO penned material blends seamlessly amongst the big dance floor fillers the band have made their own. Featuring two of the best soul singers in the UK in regular female lead Imaani (longtime lead singer with internationally acclaimed UK jazz funk legends Incognito), and from Cleveland Ohio, Angelo Starr (brother of soul music legend Edwin Starr) - with a funky-as-it-gets rhythm section of Nial Tompkins-guitar, Carl Hudson-keys, Matt Pegg-bass, Geoff Dunn-drums.
In late 2025 CFO released the first of their self written/produced original tracks 'This Could Be' feat Imaani - Record Of The Week for several Soul Music radio station DJ's.
TRUE FUNK !
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City Funk Orchestra
The capital’s best and most popular funk/soul dance band plays to packed houses throughout London and the South regularly filling mainstream music venues and wowing festival audiences. With a history as a ‘specialist’ opening act for the likes of Average White Band and Kid Creole and the Coconuts, 2025 has seen them appearing amongst the headliners at the Saturday Love soul music festival in North London. alongside The Amy Winehouse Band at Hampton Pool Festival whilst also opening the festivities for Friday night at the major and long-established Cropredy Festival in Oxfordshire.
The band’s sound centres around the soul and funk ‘golden age’ of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, to which these top players have added the magic ingredient of genuine authenticity. Their own CFO penned material blends seamlessly amongst the big dance floor fillers the band have made their own. Songs include the most loved tracks of Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Maze, SOS Band, Shalamar, Gap Band, The Emotions, alongside their rare groove picks … Featuring two of the best soul singers in the UK in regular lead Imaani (longtime lead singer with Incognito, also BV’s with Chaka Khan), from Cleveland Ohio Angelo Starr (brother of soul legend Edwin Starr) and Mary Pearce formerly with Culture Club, Primal Scream, Roy Ayres, Calvin Harris - with a funky-as-it-gets rhythm section of Nial Tompkins-guitar, Carl Hudson-keyboards, Matt Pegg-bass, Geoff Dunn-drums. It's True Funk!
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Imaani
Gracing stages across the world Imaani’s live career is impressive. She has performed in numerous prestigious venues such as Tokyo’s famous Blue Note club, Switzerland’s Montreaux Jazz Festival and New York’s The Filmore. She has performed on television, in the studio, and live with artists including Nile Rodgers, Chaka Khan, Maceo Parker, Philip Bailey, Jimmy Cliff, UB40, Gloria Gaynor, Incognito, Betty Wright, Omar, Mica Paris, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Leon Ware and Aswad.
Featuring on no less than twelve albums by the celebrated Jazz Funk band Incognito including "Beneath The Surface", "Bees & Things & Flowers, 'Surreal', 'Amplified Soul' and the newly released ‘Tomorrow’s New Dream’ Imaani has become a long-standing favourite with the fans. As a long-term member of Incognito, she has also completed several world tours and continues to tour extensively with the band. Her emotive lead vocal contributions also appear on the Urban Species album "Blanket", Reel People’s ‘Seven ways to wonder’ album and Down to the Bone’s album 'The Main Ingredients'.
As a recording artist, Imaani’s success spans across genre’s. Her debut solo album 'Standing Tall' has been met with critical acclaim. It is a body of work that celebrates all of the styles of music that Imaani loves and combines them with strong hooks, soulful melodies and distinct production.
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