INTERVIEW: Oakland based funk band Trace Repeat – ‘Asians are the butt of every joke’
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]hen you think of funk and soul music, you may think of James Brown, Al Green, Jackie Wilson, Martha Reeves, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations to name a few. You may think groovy bass lines, cheeky syncopated guitar riffs, flurrying trumpets and catchy hook lines, which are all synonymous with the genre. In terms of race and ethnicity, you probably…