September 2014
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Marek Grechuta (tallest dude) and Anawa There are times when I wish I knew a bit more of a language to completely comprehend the importance of a certain artist or musician. For sure, I can sense and feel the importance of an artist like Marek Grechuta (and Anawa) was to the Polish people. Creating his…
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Erkin Koray – 1974 Humor me for a bit more. I’m digging through rare grooves. Mostly of musicians who charted their own course, creating genres not from the ether but through their own push to modernize older traditions. Another great artist in this vein is Istanbul-born Turk, Erkin Koray and his song “Hele Yar” from…
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J. Walter Negro and Loose Jointz We all know rap rock. For the most part, its got to be one of the lamest genres out there. You combine the laziest part of hip-hop sampling and rapping with the laziest part of rock playing to get some of the most grating kind of music out there.…
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Jon Lucien Here’s another rare groove. Its the groove of West Indian-born (Virgin Islands) Jon Lucien. He was quite an odd musical bird. His roots were in jazz, but he often trecked in the sounds of Brazil, funk, and his own native tropical folk sound. What he’s known for is his brilliant baritone vocalizations and…
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Natacha Atlas – 2006 This here, is another rare groove track. For a time, Natacha Atlas, a Belgium-born artist from mixed Arabic and British descent, was mining some sorta, at times, dreadful Euro-influenced Mid-Eastern Cha’abi music. Cha’abi music is known for its heavy, almost drill-beat kind of sound, imagine the sounds of an automatic rifle…
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Ali Hassan Kuban droppin’ rhymes. Yesterday’s Thai Mor Lam groove was gotten through guitar trance induction, today’s trance groove is drum induced. Can you tell I’m diggin’ the crates for some new kind of groove? If, you’ve never heard the insanely funky African music of Egypt’s Godfather of Nubian music Ali Hassan Kuban, consider yourself…
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Thai Rockin’ If, anything, gets you in some sort of trance to ready yourself for a grueling day ahead its the insanely catchy droning music of Thailand. Vocals based on how many syllables you can say, rather than words you can stress, combine with a trademark descending bassline to create one of the most unstoppable…
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Little Feat’s Lowell George I can’t believe I forgot to highlight Little Feat during my Southern rock review series! That theme is over but I can’t help but share with y’all one of the greatest odes to truck drivin’ or just driving in general. “Willin’” from 1971’s Little Feat album has perhaps one of the…
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JJ Cale – 1974 Whew, how about that August? Looks like this year we needed more of a break from some of its dog days than others. Reflecting on this most summery of months, it seems that most of what we try to do, is use our economy of thought/time to maximize pockets of enjoyment…
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New Riders of the Purple Sage This is the second part of my driving playlist, its the songs for when we have to come on home. It sucks that summer has to end, and that we’ve had to fight corporate big wigs to actually have a day we can call our own…but at least we’ve…
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