{"title":"Menahan Street Band","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Menahan Street Band\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenahan Street Band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2006 around Thomas Brenneck. The band is named after Menahan Street in Brooklyn (where the band rehearsed in Brenneck's apartment). The membership is overlapping with the broader Daptone Records and Dunham Records family - multiple members are also in the Dap-Kings (Sharon Jones's backing band), Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires, the Budos Band, and other affiliated acts. Their 2007 single Make the Road by Walking became sampled (Jay-Z's Roc Boys on American Gangster, 2007), bringing the band new attention. They have continued releasing material across multiple decades alongside extensive backing work for vocalists across the broader Daptone family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenahan Street Band's sound combines instrumental, funk, soul jazz, deep funk, soul, and Afrobeat with extensive horn arrangements, vintage analog instrumentation and recording approaches, and arrangements drawing on classic 1960s and 1970s soul, funk, and Afrobeat traditions. Their work is foundational to the contemporary Daptone soul revival movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake the Road by Walking (2008, Dunham\/Daptone)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crossing (2012, Dunham\/Daptone)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band (2021, Daptone)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaptone Records and Dunham Records pressings of the Menahan Street Band catalog are widely collected in soul and funk collecting communities. Multiple color variants and limited editions have been released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to Menahan Street Band typically start with Make the Road by Walking (2008) or The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band (2021). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rnb-soul-vinyl-records\"\u003eR\u0026amp;B And Soul\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"menahan-street-band-the-exciting-sounds-of-vinyl","title":"The Exciting Sounds of... LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFresh off the release of their newest LP 'The Crossing', a brooding instrumental masterpiece that is as raw as it is lush, the Menahan Street Band have been treating audiences to their rare live performances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540859039927,"sku":"210000056311","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/msb.jpg?v=1781154521"},{"product_id":"menahan-street-band-the-crossing-vinyl","title":"The Crossing LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Vibe is a quintessential element in what I'm going for,\" says Brenneck of creating the album. \"Vibe, mood and emotion.\" Those three elements are all over The Crossing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540859105463,"sku":"210000012977","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/2048117.jpg?v=1781154520"},{"product_id":"menahan-street-band-make-the-road-by-walking-vinyl","title":"Make the Road by Walking LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eStraight from the heart of Daptone comes this company of musicians who chose a street in Brooklyn to house its lovely, retro-funk grooves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540859138231,"sku":"210000094223","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/4380783-3275799.jpg?v=1781154519"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.waxtraxrecords.com\/collections\/menahan-street-band.oembed","provider":"Wax Trax Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}