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Urban Funk, Vol. 1 & 2

by Ed Bland

Dominique-René de Lerma: New Albums of Music of Ed Bland have been announced by Mary Batten Bland:

Dear Friends --

As some of you know, I have been trying to set up the family music business that Ed envisioned. He laid the foundation before his death and I'm following through by making some of his music available for digital download. A single, "I Want To Be A Woman," and an album, URBAN FUNK, are now available through CD Baby.

"I Want to be a Woman" is the only pop song Ed and I wrote together. We wrote it in the early 80s and it was recorded by singer Betty Barney, who had a powerful Aretha Franklin type voice. Sadly, Betty passed away some years ago. This is the first time this song, which is a feminist anthem, has been released.

URBAN FUNK contains 25 tracks. The first 12 are the last pieces Ed composed. He conceived of them as a dance suite. The other 13 pieces comprise a variety of jazz and funk styles with colorful titles like "Baboon Booty," "Skunk Hollow Blues," "Slam Dunk," and "Vasco's Collards," named for my brother's special collards that he cooked every Christmas. All the titles are Ed's. He was fond of animal and food titles.

You can get the entire album or individual tracks. The song is also on the album.

Here are the links:

URBAN FUNK - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/edbland

I Want to be a Woman - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bettybarney

Please feel free to share with anyone you think would be interested in Ed's music.

Many thanks,

Mary

Comment by email:
Thanks so very much for the mention of my husband Ed Bland's CD Baby releases. Best regards, Mary Batten Bland