One Nation Under a Groove

The CooLots are the original all female Rock and Soul band hailing from the Washington, DC area. A melting pot of different styles and talents, The CooLots come together to create feelings never experienced before. These creations embody sincerity, musicality, rock, funk, and soul, with influences including: N.E.R.D, Me’Shell N’Degeocello, Sade, Staind, Erykah Badu, Kanye West and System of A Down. You can hear all these influences on The CooLots EP – their debut effort, released January 7th, 2014.

What do you call a musical gumbo that recalls the ancestral strut and joie de vivre of the New Orleans’ Tremé, the drama and ecstasy of the church’s wailing floor, and the suited-up sophistication of jazz threaded with the party funk of Parliament? What do you name sounds that hail from Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the red dirt South all at once? How do you label music that simultaneously evokes all of the uncontainable energies and passions exploding from so many disparate musical legacies? Here we call it Water Seed. Funk is a feeling, a groove, and a vibration. Funk is a state of mind. And Chocolate City, as DC is affectionately known, is home to some of the world’s thickest funk vibes.

The Good Thing is a funk band from the Nation’s Capital; soul, rock and blues can also be heard in their unique sound. Featuring lead vocalist and bassist Kim Jade Fry, the Good Thing came to get down!