Description

Legendary artist James “Plunky” Branch delivers his 25th album with Plunky On Fire, a groundbreaking father-son collaboration featuring producer Jamiah “Fire” Branch that burns across the urban contemporary music landscape. This ambitious 18-track concept album combines the quirkiness of George Clinton, the musicality of George Duke, and the vocal poetics of Gil Scott-Heron—taking listeners on a musical journey through down-tempo funk jazz, house-tempo dance, R&B love songs, spoken word, and thought-provoking interludes about aesthetics and African concepts of the groove.

Featuring standout tracks like the sax-driven dance instrumental “On Fire” and the quiet storm love song “Inside These Walls” with vocalist Chyp Green, this album showcases music that is both retro and ultramodern—a new organic-techno soul music that is jazzy, funky, and highly danceable. Released on N.A.M.E. Brand Records with original cover artwork by French artist Dan Brussat, Plunky On Fire represents partying with a purpose and R&B as art music.

Order the CD and experience the remarkable artistry of a visionary who continues to inspire and evolve after decades of pushing musical boundaries.