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In one week we lost both Johnny Otis & Etta James, in remembrance….
Etta James was born on January 25th 1938, Jamesetta Hawkins died January 20, 2012, James was one of the most sustainable divas on the R&B scene with more than half a century as a performer and a long list of hits to her [...]

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I decided just to showcase one artist this week because of his impact on a music, and the springboard of a cultural & political revolution the one and only father of AfroBeat….
Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1938, was a singer-composer, trumpet, sax and keyboard player, bandleader, and politician. Kuti was one [...]

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Hi-lighting some of the artists that we played on today’s show:
Darondo
A mystery to most, Darondo records are high on the wants-lists of many collectors. He is spoken about in hushed-tones by other Bay Area musicians. Back in the day he was seen cruising around town in a white Rolls Royce (with a “Darondo” license plate). [...]

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Willy Moon
In pop music, image most definitely matters. Not in the sense that each of our stars have to be the beautiful epitome of glamour, instead today we’re more in need of unconventional looking, striking figures. Lurching over a solitary camera lens, Willy Moon announces [...]

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Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn
The first single on Wax Poetics Records, “It’s Me” featuring guest singer-songwriter Rebecca Jordan. Classic production techniques and authentic instrumentation recall the glory days of ’70s soul, while the vocal workout and swagger allow the music to sit firmly with modern [...]

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The SBTRKT story starts from the sound system of an east London club called Plastic People, which is both underground in location and in the music it specializes in. It was here that SBTRKT met a gentleman named Tic and was schooled by the sounds [...]

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Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the region provided. “Most of the best music ever made [...]

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I continue my love affair with Graffiti6 by opening the show with another track from their current EP and their much anticipated full length “Colours”. “Stare Into The Sun” was the lead track on their original self released EP in July 2010. The track was used by the Sun newspaper for their Tv ads of [...]

Gil Scott Heron died May 27th at the age of 62. As far as popular culture is concerned he wrote one poem and then fell off the face of the earth.  Now, much as I appreciate how his death has led many writer, critics, and bloggers to write about Gil Scott-Heron as a man (who [...]

It’s always nice to get something sent to you that’s unexpected! This was the case with VenueConnection an act I knew nothing about till they sent me some promos from their forth coming release “Madrid Boogie”. This act as the name of the album implies hail from Madrid Spain and are truly a full touring [...]