(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Staten Island-based retro-funk outfit the Budos Band lays down its classic, horn-inflected grooves at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, April 11, 2014, at 9pm. The group’s self-styled “Staten Island instrumental Afro-soul” reminds listeners of the classic 1970s funk of Isaac Hayes and Average White Band, with forays into Henry Mancini, Black Sabbath and hip-hop territory.

With its home base on Daptone Records, the Budos Band is part of the great 1960s and 1970s-based soul-funk revival exemplified by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and the late Amy Winehouse. Their particular style emphasizes instrumental soul and groove laced with horn patterns, eerie keyboards and Ethiopian percussion. Listeners should come prepared to dance.

For reservations in The Restaurant or in the club call 518.828.4800.