Archive for September, 2008
This is the week of September 29th, 2008A week highlighting vocalists—we start with ten interpretations of Duke Ellington’s classic song, "Come Sunday" featuring Mahalia Jackson, Ray Nance, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ellis Marsalis, Gladys Knight, Dizzy Gillespie, Esquizito, World Saxophone Quartet, Joe Zawinul and Sabine Kabongo, and Les Nubians. We wrap it up with new music from Rene Marie and classic covers from Aaron Neville. The sweet sound of the human voice.
AARON NEVILLE / “Mickey Mouse March”Mon, Sep 29th, 2008 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »
RENE MARIE / “Voice Of My Beautiful Country”Mon, Sep 29th, 2008 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Come Sunday Mixtape”Mon, Sep 29th, 2008 | Posted in Classic | 2 Comments »
This is the week of September 22nd, 2008
Ole. John Coltrane. Plus Gil Scott-Heron and Jose James—celebrating Trane’s birthday. Shelley Nicole, Red Summer, Kandi Cole, Toshi Reagon and Hanifah Walidah gift us with a healthy helping of woman-centered music. Brazil’s jazz diva Tania Maria wraps up an exciting week of innovative music.
TANIA MARIA / “Satisfaction”Mon, Sep 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
HAIFAH WALIDAH / “Do You Mind”Mon, Sep 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
VARIOUS ARTISTS / Ole MixtapeMon, Sep 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Classic | 1 Comment »
This is the week of September 22nd, 2008
BoL is having serious techinical problems with our host server. It’s been buggy all week and now it won’t let me post music and photos. Hope to have everything solved within the next 24 to 36 hours. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do to speed up the repairs. Bear with us. Will email you once we’re operational. Meanwhile, we’ll keep last week’s posting active. —Kalamu
This is the week of September 15th, 2008
The end of one is the beginning of another. BoL co-founder Mtume Salaam posts his last regular columns, featuring Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, John Coltrane, Jose James and a 3 year retrospective of contemporary artists posted on BoL. A new regular feature on BoL will be weekly mixtape downloads rather than only individual tracks. Don’t cry. Be Happy. We celebrate transitions—it’s a New Orleans thing!