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s (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano | Masterlink Sessions You can now watch and stream the simply magical Sampha cover ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’ by Loretta Rest, Grace Barratt and Quincy Keegan collaborating with the Masterlink Sessions team. WATCH/STREAM/DOWNLOAD HERE THE BACKSTORY Austrian keyboarder Markus Marageter, a long-time friend…
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Dear music lovers, It’s been a while and we are grateful for all of you who kept on supporting us this year whilst we are trying to get all our unfinished videos over the line. And there are MANY! James, Leo and myself have been extremly busy with our respective business activities and are…
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Joni Reimagined Quartet Tour | March 2025 We are delighted to announce our Joni Reimagined Quartet tour in March 2025. We’ll bring our own spin to some of Joni’s much loved songs as performed internationally and sold out shows at Ronnie’s Scott’s in London. PRESS TEXT A stellar quartet of musicians, namely, Jana Varga (vocals, guitar, flute), Pete…
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FUNKESTRA 2024 RELEASES 2024 was a buzzing year for the Funkestra. I produced and co-produced a ton of new music with the Funkestra being either the featured or backing band for other artists. Integral to all this are the Masterlink Sessions which I run with James Welch (Masterlink Productions) and Leo Mansell (Shoot and Splice…
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(Click the image to watch the show-reel) Funkestra | Funkify Life Instrumental bass-led 5 piece band delivering the Funk since 1996. Book now for October 2025 and funkify life. Quick facts FEELING | Upbeat, quirky, high energy STATS | YouTube Creator Award, 460+ videos, 13+ million Spotify Streams, 20+ albums, 145k+ YouTube subscribers MAIN GENRE…
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Singer-Songwriter Festival 2025: Headliner Funkestra in Munich We are delighted to headline the 2nd singer-songwriter Festival in Munich (Ottobrunn) on 8.2.2025 with special guest Connor Selby. The ‘Imagine’ Festival This is the 2nd ‘Imagine’ Festival at the Wolf-Ferrari-Haus in Ottobrunn (Munich). Friday 7.2 will feature a solo concert by UK rising jazz-folk-rock virtuoso Guitarist/Songwriter Rosie…
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Masterlink Sessions 2024 showreel Watch the Masterlink Sessions 2024 showreel on the Funkestra YouTube channel HERE or on the Masterlink Sessions Vimeo channel HERE. We loved every session and are tremendously looking forward to 2025! The Masterlink Sessions artists 2024 In 2024 we invited new artists (rising UK star Rosie Frater-Taylor, 11-times-Grammy winning Phil Lassiter),…
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IN SESSION A fresh, soulful take on Rumer’s much loved hits recorded with the masterful Redtenbacher’s Funkestra. Released on 30th January 2025 via Kartel Music Group, and in conjunction with the 15 year anniversary of her double platinum selling hit debut album. PRE-ORDER HERE
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The Masterlink Sessions ‘Soul & Blues’ Christmas show Don’t miss out on the free live stream of the annual Masterlink Sessions ‘Soul & Blues’ Christmas show featuring Georgia Van Etten and Connor Selby. We will stream the show on Monday, 23rd of December 20:15 UK time. WATCH BY CLICKING THIS LINK. The backstory This is…
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The Masterlink Soul Sessions, Vol 1 We proudly present ‘The Masterlink Soul Sessions | Volume One’ album on CD available on RSB Records, featuring established and upcoming artists: Georgia Van Etten, Jade Like The Stone, Jo Harman, Sarah Jane Morris, Orphy Robinson, Connor Selby, Diana Silveira, Eddy Smith, Amba Tremain and Jana Varga. Get your…
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BACK AT THE BOILEROOM Guildford Jazz have kindly invited us to play at the Boileroom as part of their ‘BEAT SERIES’ on Friday, 15th of November. We will play in our ‘classic’ line-up, i.e. instrumental five piece performing Jazz Funk originals. Get your tickets HERE. The Line-up Pete Billington | keyboards Piers Green | saxophone…
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Dear music lovers, We won the YouTube Silver creator award for over 100,000 subscribers on the Redtenbacher’s Funkestra YouTube channel. Watch our THANK YOU video here. 411 videos and 120k subscribers as per today. You can also watch the ‘short’ HERE. The production team behind the Masterlink Sessions are James Welch (Masterlink Productions), Leo Mansell (Shoot and Splice…
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