Across a career that stretches three decades, Brooklyn Funk Essentials have established themselves as an audacious project fusing soul, hip-hop, jazz, house, spoken word and of course - Funk. Between recording seven studio albums, the Essentials have earned a reputation as absolutely electric performers, exhilarating their loyal and adoring fanbase with performances in every continent.

Brooklyn Funk Essentials have toured internationally in the company of legends like James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Erykah Badu, Kool & The Gang, The Roots, Graham Central Station, The Meters and New Power Generation. Their recordings have been featured in film and television productions such as The Sopranos, Starsky & Hutch, The Blacklist, Manifest as well as countless commercials.

In 2016, British house legend Alison Limerick became the band’s new lead singer - a duty she shares with long time member, Jamaican-born Desmond Foster, who is also the group’s guitarist. Hux Nettermalm plays the drums with band leader Lati Kronlund on bass and Kristoffer Wallman behind the keyboards. The horn section is lead by young Swedish trombonist/singer Ebba Åsman alongside trumpet player/singer Jéssica Pina and saxophonist Loïc Gayot.

Performance highlights include; Jazz à Vienne, (France), Central Park Summer Stage, New York (USA), Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theatre, Istanbul (Turkey), Festival Vieille Charrue (France), Prospect Park, Brooklyn (USA), Opera Garnier (Monaco), Bodrum Amphitheatre (Turkey), Nice Jazz Festival (France), Goa Open Drive Festival (India), Mosaic Festival (Singapore) and regular party nights at clubs like Ronnie Scott’s (London), New Morning (Paris), S.o.B’s (New York), Blue Note (Milano), Babylon (Istanbul) and The Jazz Café (London) to name a few.

On May 15th 2026, Brooklyn Funk Essentials released the album ‘Black Butterfly’ on Dorado Records. It included the previously released singles Life During Wartime, Never Give Up, Bust The Bus Stop, the title track Black Butterfly as well as the focus track Come Back 4 Real Love.

The black butterfly is a symbol of hope, renewal and inevitable change. Brooklyn Funk Essentials’ eighth studio album marks the band’s continued groove r-evolution. Black Butterfly - the album - is a solid group collaboration highlighting and expanding BFE’s signature style and musical prowess. Recorded live-in-the-studio, Black Butterfly finds the cadre of stellar musicians exploring a bounty of multi-rhythms, analog instrumentation, funky jams and winsome arrangements. Brooklyn Funk Essentials once again deliver a full length journey of songs within a lyrical framework of love, respect, inclusion, hopefulness and dreams.