I should apologize for waiting until the end of Women’s History Month to bless y’all with this gem. E.S.G., short for Emerald, Sapphire and Gold was an all girl band out of the South Bronx who would be influential in several musical genres and generations. Their music was powered by funk and driven with punk.
E.S.G. was the jazzy disco apocalypse. Their groove wasn’t canned and their funk was unchained. I’m a big fan of the Go-Gos and the Bangles but E.S.G.has the womb from where those bands were birthed. Rap music would also owe a debt of samplitude to these funky sisters from the South Bronx.
Just try and imagine the scene while UFO plays over massive speakers and B-boys break the night away.
Thank you E.S.G.
