Funkallisto

Funkallisto: Saturday Night Dogs

by Joe Gatto
November 30, 2017

Italian funk band, Funkallisto, comes from Rome's Trastevere neighborhood, a fascinating maze of medieval streets along the Tiber. I originally got turned onto these Roman funkateers because of their smoking cover version of Willie Bobo's Latin funk classic, “Broasted Or Fried." Influenced by the great funk bands of the 1970s, Funkallisto keeps to those roots as they carry the funk torch in Italy. Their 2017 album, Saturday Night Dogs, is the band's best record to date. You can ...