Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays are back in action, hittin' up Mavericks in Ottawa on January 6th 2013...
The band's feisty, itchin' to get back at it, and they'll be joined by Timekode's DJ Zattar and his mad collection of super rare
soul grooves. Come work out the holiday pounds on the dancefloor, you'll thank us later!
Wednesday July 18th, 2012 - Slim Hits The Road
Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays hit the road: the Hot & Spicy Food Festival at the Harbourfront Center in Toronto on July 22nd, the Up & Up Series
at the Mercury Lounge in Ottawa on July 26th, and a bad show at Les Bobards in Montréal on July 28th. They then hop over the pond to Sète, France,
for their first European show ever, the Fiest'A Sète festival, co-headlining with Brooklyn's Blitz the Ambassador. They're finally wrapping things up on
August 18th at the Westport Music Festival in sunny Westport, Ontario, perfect way to end the summer.
Tuesday April 3rd, 2012 - Lee & Slim
We're proud to announce that Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays will be sharing the stage with the legendary Lee Fields & the Expressions, for the launch of their brand new LP,
Faithful Man, at Ritual Nightclub, in Ottawa, on Friday May 4th. If you don't know the magic of Mr. Lee Fields, geez, do yourself a favour and throw
yourself on his entire discography, you can thank us later. Tickets are available at
www.worldfamousmusic.net, but they won't last long, get em while you still can.
Wednesday November 30th, 2011 - Holiday Shindig
The Marlow Beat Kings are throwin' an organ-driven psychedelic r&b soul boogaloo mashed potato
shindig on Thursday, December 29th, at the
Mercury Lounge in Ottawa.
Burn off some holiday weight by dancin' the judo popcorn to these stone bad grooves.
Tuesday November 8th, 2011 - Mercury Risin' Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays will be doing a mad show at the
Mercury Lounge
in Ottawa as part of their
Up & Up Concert Series on Thursday,
November 24th. Come on out and spread the word! Oh, and by the way, thanks to everyone that
came out in the last weeks to make the record release tour a total success!
Oh, and in other news, we're happy to announce that
The Souljazz Orchestra will be heading on its first major US tour this upcoming February. The band'll be
hitting up Providence RI, Boston, Burlington VT, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Cleveland, Chicago, and Minneapolis: you can check out the
tour schedule on the
official website for details. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 11th.
Tuesday October 4th, 2011 - It's On
All right, so it's official: the new Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays album is out! It's available in better stores online and offline (if you want it digitally,
you can get it from
iTunes, and if you wanna buy the vinyl LP or the CD,
you can try
CD Baby or
Dusty Groove in North America, or
Cosmic Groove in Europe.)
Today, we're also releasing the new official Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays video for the single "How Long", created from vintage public domain soul cinema clips.
Check this baby out, no joke, it's off the hook:
Friday September 9th, 2011 - Award Tour
So for those of you that don't know yet, Slim Moore & the Mar-Kays have a new record coming out on October 4th, released by
Cosmic Groove in Europe and Japan, and by Marlow Records in the rest of the world.
The record release tour is just about finalized: the band will be hitting up Ottawa, Montréal, Québec and Toronto. You can check the schedule for details. The group's also planning a European tour for the spring of 2012, stay tuned for more info. This record was made possible by the assistance of the Ontario Arts
Council.
Thursday September 8th, 2011 - Introducing...
All right, so the new Marlow Records website is up! Have a look around, make yourself at home... We'll be adding more stuff in the upcoming weeks,
so keep checking the site for updates.
