Archive for October, 2007
This is the week of October 28th, 2007BoL is baaaad. We start with deep, dark acoustic blues from Furry Lewis, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson and Barbeque Bob. Then we jump knee deep into contemporary Afrobeat from Wunmi. And we end up with Simply Red covering Gregory Isaacs, Harold Melvin, and Barry White, plus a little Coltrane. This week is a smorgasbord of black music.
SIMPLY RED / “It’s Only Love”Sun, Oct 28th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 3 Comments »
WUNMI / “A.L.A.”Sun, Oct 28th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
FURRY LEWIS / “When My Baby Left Me”Sun, Oct 28th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 1 Comment »
This is the week of October 21st, 2007
Gil Scott-Heron redux. (Y’all know we love us some Gil.) We follow with contributions from two emerging artists: Heidi Martin out of DC and Esquizito out of New Orleans. This week on BoL we’re enjoying beautiful music other than what one normally hears.
ESQUIZITO / “Just A Closer Walk”Sun, Oct 21st, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 2 Comments »
HEIDI MARTIN / “Wanna Be”Sun, Oct 21st, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
GIL SCOTT-HERON / “Blue Collar”Sun, Oct 21st, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 4 Comments »
This is the week of October 13th, 2007
We start off with a consideration of Funkadelic‘s Cosmic Slop album. We follow with an appreciation of Olu Dara. We close with 10 versions of "My Funny Valentine" featuring Carmen McRae, Eddie Harris, Sarah Vaughan, Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker, Rachelle Ferrell, Johnny Hartman, Etta James, Miles Davis, Eve Cornelius and Dianne Reeves.
RACHELLE FERRELL / “My Funny Valentine”Sat, Oct 13th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
OLU DARA / “Harlem Country Girl”Sat, Oct 13th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | No Comments »
FUNKADELIC / “Cosmic Slop”Sat, Oct 13th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 4 Comments »
This is the week of October 6th, 2007
New Orleans music this week: Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins and Terence Blanchard. Plus there’s Me’Shell Ndegeocello and an investigation of Leonard Cohen‘s mysterious "Suzanne" by Diane Reeves, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack and Rene Marie.
ROBERTA FLACK / “Suzanne”Sat, Oct 6th, 2007 | Posted in Cover | 2 Comments »
TERENCE BLANCHARD / “Ghost of Congo Square”Sat, Oct 6th, 2007 | Posted in Contemporary | 3 Comments »
REBIRTH BRASS BAND / “Do Whatcha Wanna (Part 3)”Sat, Oct 6th, 2007 | Posted in Classic | 8 Comments »