Music Spoken Here presents Detroitwich Funk Machine

Name: Music Spoken Here presents Detroitwich Funk Machine
Start: 2026-01-22T19:30:00+00:00
Location: The Marr's Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, WR1 1TA Worcester, United Kingdom

Schedule

Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Marr's Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, WR1 1TA Worcester, United Kingdom | Worcester, EN

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟗-𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝.
Co-led by Droitwich-based Californian bassist Tom Clarke-Hill and saxophonist Andy Shilingford from Stourbridge, Detroitwich Funk Machine have raided the archives of 70s and 80s funk, jazz-funk and fusion to deliver an outstanding and entertaining show featuring the music of James Brown, Tower of Power, Herbie Hancock, The Brecker Brothers, Blood Sweat and Tears, Kenny Garrett, Mike Stern and many more.
Tom Clarke-Hill features on vocals, bass and entertaining banter while Andy Shillingford heads up the top-shelf West Midlands horn section that sees the return of saxophonist Chris Bowden and trombonist Dave Sear who both appeared in April 2025 (Chris with his Hypnos Files band and Dave with The Boom Yeh), along with saxophonist Pelham Wood and trumpeter Alex Astbury (of the Digbeth Jazz team). On the polyphonics are Tom Morgan (guitar) and Arran Shanghavi (keys), with Andy Brotherton completing the lineup on drums.
If you enjoyed Hoop (Nov 2023), FNUK (Jan 2024), Steve Taylor’s Fusion Phew (May 2024) or The Boom Yeh (Apr 2025), you are going to love Detroitwich Funk Machine.