Be the first to ever witness the brand new RGO show. The RGO will perform Friday 7th of March 2008 on the Fire festival in ” ‘t Kroegie” in Hoorn, The Netherlands. The festival starts at 09:00 PM and will also feature our friends DJ collective Rundfunk. The RGO will expected to perform at around 11:00 PM. Tickets are 7 EURO in pre-sales or 9 EURO at the door.

For more info check the website of the venue.

The last months we have been very busy with the preparation of a brand new, all groove, soul, funk and Hammond show. The show is filled with never before heard funk material and RGO classics. Starting the 7th of March 2008 we will be playing in venues and festivals in the Netherlands, Mexico and France. To be sure you won’t miss the RGO show we’ve added a gig calendar on our site with alle the details of  upcoming shows. We also created an RSS feed. Check out the gigs page for more info. Hope to see you soon!

Now, Hammondbeat is a site we have been admiring from the the get-go. So when they have got something to say, we tend to listen very carefully. Especially when it is about our new record. We couldn’t have been happier with their review:

“Soul-Jazz-Funk-Boogaloo-Groove: the 5 elements of the Hammond-odic table…The Rare Groove Orchestra (rgofunk.com) manage to squeeze all of this on paper, setting aural expectations high, high, high.  Only 32 minutes to break your resolve, they beautifully overstuff the disc with that old-school production that the cool kids demand. [...] …a very big “little” record.”

We are not the kind of band to emphasize our successes all the time, but our first album has been getting some damn good reviews, which we would like to share with you! Check the first batch of links & quotes on the Press Page, check the new (unfortunately just Dutch language) reviews online:

KindaMuzik review: “From the first to the last note, your adrenaline level will be maximized by tight beats, fuzzy licks and the fat sound of Hammond. [...] One of the best remedies against dark and depressing winter nights.”

File Under review: “A splashing groove-funk formation… [...]…screaming tracks, played with great balance. [...] Felix Faassen knows how to bring the house down with his screaming Hammond organ.”

Listen below to a (Dutch) radio interview Luca and Felix have had with Gerard van den IJssel (Haags Pop Podium) on Den Haag FM, Joomla is played as it is the one of the favorite tunes of the host.

95% of the photography you will ever see of the RGO, will be by photographer / band mate Eric van Nieuwland. This includes all promotional material. We are incredibly thankful to Eric, because he has the unique ability to make us look like cool, handsome & attractive young men on his pics.

If you are looking for a professional photographer who can bring out your inner most funky pose and really has the ability to make the most stunning pics, contact Eric via his professional website or his MySpace!

As of today, our album is available on the iTunes Plus music store (worldwide). DRM free as it should be. You can either buy the full album or your favorite tracks. Now go buy it, sync it with your favorite iPod, go outside and groove on! Oh, and before we forget: leave a review on the store. ;-)

Click here to go the iTunes music store.