Daptone Records Super Soul Revue feat. Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Budos Band and Charles Bradley Wiliamsburg Park September 19, 2013 Back on an early autumnal, mid September evening, I was in the converted […]
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Hiatus Kaiyote, Jose James and Shuggie Otis at Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield 8/11/13
Hiatus Kaiyote, José James and Shuggie Otis Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield August 11, 2013 During the summer, Summerstage, one of New York’s longest running outdoor music, arts and culture festivals has continued an extended run at […]
Album Review: Rubblebucket’s Save Charlie EP
Rubblebucket Save Charlie EP Communion Records Release Date: September 24, 2013 Track Listing Save Charlie Patriotic What A Fool Believes Six Hands Save Charlie (Big Black Delta Remix) What a Fool Believes (Fun Secret Remix) […]
Ebony Bones’ whose stage name was originally coined by the Damned’s Rat Scabies has developed a reputation for a sound that adeptly blurs the genre boundaries between punk, pop, soul and even hip hop. But […]
Sinkane and Femi Kuti at Rumsey Playfield, Summerstage 6/23/13
Sinkane and Femi Kuti Rumsey Playfield, Summerstage June 23, 2013 Last Sunday afternoon was a gorgeous summer afternoon – incredibly, bright sunlight, with cerulean blue skies and puffy clouds but uncomfortably hot. I think that […]
Turkish producer and recording artist Alpman’s latest single “Resist!” is inspired by the people and the events of Occupy Gezi in Istanbul, Turkey. I won’t pretend to say that I’m knowledgeable enough to know all […]
Singer, songwriter and producer Ebony Bones had her stage name coined by the Damned’s Rat Scabies. And much like countless other musicians, her love of music developed at a very early age – in particular, […]
Like countless bands, the Washington, DC-based quartet of Paperhaus consists of four guys with very different musical influences who have bonded together over their mutual love of music and their desire to play music. Guitarists […]
Live Footage, EMEFE, and Superhuman Happiness at Le Poisson Rouge 3/29/13
Live Footage, EMEFE, and Superhuman Happiness Le Poisson Rouge March 29, 2013 Last Friday, I was at Superhuman Happiness’ album release show for their long-awaited full-length debut, Hands and Live Footage and EMEFE were the openers. […]
Album Review: Fela Kuti’s The Best of the Black President 2
Cover art credit: Janet Griffith Photo credit: Bernard Matussiere Fela Kuti The Best of the Black President 2 Knitting Factory Records Release Date: February 5, 2013 Track Listing Disc 1 1. Everything Scatter 2. […]
In music, just like everything else, the adage of the six degrees of separation is very much true – even in a city like New York, there are times when the city is quite small. […]
a Q&A with Superhuman Happiness’ Stuart Bogie
Led by the boyishly mischievous Stuart Bogie, the septet of Superhuman Happiness is probably one of the more accomplished bands I’ve come across in recent memory – you can practically play a rather dizzying game […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3545495764/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Last year, San Francisco, CA-based label Stronghold Sound released Sembah Ma Fe Fe, a compilation of Guinean hip hop and reggae. As a compilation the album, the album managed to reveal the soul of a […]
Album Review: Pazy and the Black Hippies Wa Ho Ha
Pazy and the Black Hippies Wa Ho Ha Secret Stash Records/Comb and Razor Records Release Date: September 4, 2012 Track Listing Side A 1. Comfort Me JahoJa 2. My Home 3. Come Back Home 4. […]