Archive for December, 2008
This is the week of December 29th, 2008This week is the most ambitious BoL ever: we feature a classic from Pharoah Sanders, contemporary music from Dutch vocalist Tirjntje Oosterhuis, and an extensive “Amazing Grace” special that features Ernestine, Dirty Dozen Brass, Mica Paris, Walela, Klazz Brothers & Edson Cordeiro, World Saxophone Quartet, Soweto Gospel Choir, Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Blind Boys of Alabama, Jesse Fuller, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan, Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin, BeBe Winans, Wycliffe Gordon, and Cassandra Wilson. Happy New Year!
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Amazing Grace Mixtape”Mon, Dec 29th, 2008 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »
TRIJNTJE OOSTERHUIS / “Walk On By”Mon, Dec 29th, 2008 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
PHAROAH SANDERS / “The Healing Song”Mon, Dec 29th, 2008 | Posted in Classic | 4 Comments »
This is the week of December 22nd, 2008
This week we celebrate song: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Randy Crawford & Joe Sample, Alicia Keys, The Main Ingredient, Burning Spear and Gregory Isaacs. The healthy embrace of the human voice.
GREGORY ISAACS / “New Lover”Mon, Dec 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Cover | 2 Comments »
RANDY CRAWFORD & JOE SAMPLE / “Randy & Joe Mixtape”Mon, Dec 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »
HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES / “I Miss You”Mon, Dec 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Classic | 2 Comments »
This is the week of December 15th, 2008
We kick the week of with fusion masters Norman Connors and Hugh Masekela, and we end with an investigation of Porgy and Bess featuring Sammy Davis Jr, Rene Marie, Gerardo Gandini & Ernesto Jodos, Chaka Khan, Mederic Collignon, Ernestine Anderson, Miles Davis, Ray Charles & Cleo Laine, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, and Nina Simone. Wow!
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Porgy and Bess Mixtape”Mon, Dec 15th, 2008 | Posted in Cover | 1 Comment »