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Crucial Material – Best Releases Of The Week (March 17th, 2019)
Busy week, bountiful roundup! Our weekly picks are carefully plucked from heaps and heaps of new releases just for you. From Jazz to New Age and Balearic House to Hip Hop, our collective of selectors reaches wide, sharing only the cream of the crop. If you like something you hear, …
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Durand Jones & the Indications “Dead Oceans/Colemine Records”
On Morning In America, a well-built stretch of songwriting delivered by the gruff and forthright vocals of Durand Jones, we see, smell and feel the incorrectness going in society at large today. This antiquated soul composition could easily be a lost Bobby Womack anthem. American Love Call is the sound …
Forgotten Treasures
Alonzo Turner “Whoever Said It” (1978, LA Records)
Forget everything you know: this is the best love song ever written. Don’t let the steamy saxophone solos fool you though, this rare disco holy grail is not about an infatuated lover, but rather about love itself. Turner, seemingly concerned about the metadiscourse, is screaming soul-shattering falsettos directly into the …
