Reviews
The Pimps of Joytime
January 22nd at the Independent, San Francisco
The Pimps of Joytime live up to their name. They offer a polished, tight, and funky sound that gets your body moving. The show at the Independent sold out on Saturday night before the band even hit the stage, attesting to the growing popularity of their music. The evening bore the influences of James Brown, Prince, Stevie Wonder, the Headhunters, and Pancho Sanchez all wrapped into a diverse force of musical collaboration.
The Pimps of Joytime: Soulful World Music
by Courtney Boyd Myers
On a Saturday afternoon in the hills of West Virginia, Deli Magazine sat down with Brian J, the lead singer and guitarist for the Brooklyn based funk band, Pimps of Joytime.
Outstanding Acts at Outside Lands
by Jimmy Leslie
THE THIRD ANNUAL OUTSIDE Lands festival, held over the second weekend in August in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, was scaled back a bit compared to the first two events, but it was still jamming with an estimated 80,000 in attendance. A smorgasbord of acts representing myriad genres threw all sorts of stringed goodness at the earholes of eager attendees who flocked from stage to stage.
Up all night with the Pimps of Joytime
The N.Y.C. band brings ‘janxta funkiness’
by Stratton Lawrence
It was normally time to go to bed, but the Pimps of Joytime were just getting started. I dragged my tired body out of the camp chair at July’s FloydFest and shuffled through the campground toward the infectious beat of a Latin rhythm.
Pimps of Joytime
Tour de Fat, Portland, OR 8/15/09
By Jason Gershuny
September 14, 2009
There is a sonic rumbling that is emanating from the musical underground of Brooklyn, New York, and it has caused booties to shake and quake all over the nation this summer. The Pimps of Joytime, in only their third year of existence, have spent the last few months on the road spreading their sound to the masses offering up their musical menu of funk, soul, Latin, and afrobeat grooves.
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