Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

JB’s Funky Divas vs The Revolution of The Mind

You most likely can’t travel to Porto, Portugal and witness Burnt Sugar’s performance on June 6th at the 2010 edition of Serralves em Festa.   More likely you can come to the Blue Note’s Late Night Groove Series on Friday, May 28th and witness the Arkestra Chamber perform  JB’s FUNKY DIVAS VERSUS THE REVOLUTION OF THE MIND, a musical mash-up of the albums, James Brown
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

Welcome to our new site

We’re just moving in – things may feel a bit rough around the edges – but we’re jumping in. Keep coming back over the next few days as we unpack. (Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates)

Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

March 2009 “Making Love to the Dark Ages

Well it’s d-day y’all as the Sugar drops it’s first all-studio release in five years on LiveWired/TruGROID. It doesn’t seem that long but that’s what happens with a band that has twenty-minute segues. In other words… time flies by when your making extended-jammy music. Ya heard!! The reviews are starting to happen and we wanted
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

March 2008

They say variety is the spice and we say that applies to Burnt Sugar. This month we have a visit to the world famous Blue Note in Manhattan on the 8th; then our first Canadian tour from the 26th to the 29th with stops in Toronto, Guelph and Hamilton Ontario; followed by a live WKCR
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

July 2007

” When Fried Eggs Fly” the film featuring Bruce Mack is on rotation on the Starz network! Check your local listings for future showings. www.whenfriedeggsfly.com ** Satch Hoyt’s making news again – Here’s a couple stories on one of his recent works; “Oil on Sugar” commissioned for the Bicentennial commemoration of the abolition of the
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

May 2007

We’re jumping into May with two NYC shows and as we enjoy our seventh year as a family – a greatest hits release. – “Never Been Kissed: The Groidest Shiznits 1999-2006” “Never Been Kissed is our version of a greatest hits album, even if you’ve never heard a lick from our seemingly bottomless well of
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