Gil Scott-Heron “The Last Holiday. A Memoir”
via Shook.FM (awesome website): “Gil Scott-Heron’s final opus, one that he was working on intermittently for the last two decades of his life, is not an album of music but a memoir. Autobiography isn’t quite the right word, because this book pulls down the shutters and closes shop in 1981, the …
Stones Throw Podcast #70: J Rocc (Stones Throw 2012 Preview)
DOWNLOAD FREE MP3 VIA ITUNES: STONES THROW PODCAST 70: J ROCC MIXES STONES THROW 2012 J.Rocc got his hands on a bunch of reference CDs of upcoming Stones Throw releases: The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 2, Quakers, Myron & E, Jonwayne, Jonti, Steve Arrington and some other cats … full …
Future Classic: TRIBE ft Joan Belgrave “Where Am I?”
What do you do when you’re flipping through 12s at your local record store and you come across a label that reads “Produced & Mixed by Carl Craig”? As if that weren’t enough, what if you flip sides only to realize you’re also holding a Kyle Hall remix? What becomes …
Lianne La Havas “Forget” (Shlohmo remix)
Shlohmo did a great remix of “Forget” by the British Soul singer Lianne La Havas. This young lady will drop an album at the end of 2012 and she reminds me of Andreya Triana a little because of her sweet voice and her lovely accent. Very cool thing is that she …
“Brasil Brasil!” – From Samba to Bossa (BBC Documentary)
BRASIL BRASIL A three-part series from BBC The series offers a detailed account of the years in which Brazilian music has evolved and constantly changed, while capturing the global imagination. Filmed at Brazil’s massive carnival celebrations, in the lawless favelas, the extraordinary maracatu ceremonies of the northern countryside, and in …
Jesse Boykins III “Way Of A Wayfarer EP”
2011 was a great year for quality soulful music and so far the new year is shaping up very nicely with people like Michael Kiwanuka, Robert Glasper and Jesse Boykins. I’ve been loving what he’s been doing since I heard the Machine Drum produced “B4 The Night is Thru” a …
BBE Records & Al Kent present “Disco Demands”
via BBE Records: The Disco Demands series started sometime in the early 2000s – I couldn’t give you an exact year because it didn’t feel like a big deal, so I never noted it. I simply wanted to put out a compilation of some records I really liked and maybe …
Future Classic: Bajka “The Bellman’s Speech” (2010)
Like so many struggling rapper mooks before and since, I’ve worked all sorts of call center jobs. You know: the ones where you’re basically a peg in the soundboard, that you tolerate because it’s the easiest way to finance your many indulgences and whatnot. In 2007, I was cubicle-hopping when …
Georgia Anne Muldrow on Production
Acclaimed producer, singer, and lyricist Georgia Anne Muldrow gives a rare glimpse into her beat making philosophy and how she came to the decision to make music her life passion.
Future Classic: Michael Kiwanuka “Home Again” EP
I discovered Michael Kiwanuka a couple months ago through my good homie and fellow tastemaker Lefto from Belgium. BBC’s Gilles Peterson was also pushing the sound of this amazing new artist born in London (his parents are from Uganda). Since then a lot of things have been happening for Kiwanuka, …
To Watch in 2012: BadBadNotGood
I’m starting to seriously dig these guys called BadBadNotGood, a three piece band from Toronto that specialize in jazz cover versions of rap classics. That sort of thing has been done you’ll argue, yes you’re right. There have been a bunch of jazz and soul re-visions of hip-hop classics. But …
“Still Jill” the Jill Scott Remixes
The awesome people at the BamaLoveSoul website decided to put together another artist based “best-of remixes” project this time with miss Jill Scott. The Philly singer has been one of our favorite since she dropped her instant classic and genre defining (neo-soul) called “Who Is Jill Scott”. Since those days …