Archive for January, 2009
This is the week of January 26th, 2009This week’s mixtape contains 44 classic New Orleans R&B songs, and then we move on to Deep Rumba with a afro-Cuban workout and we close with five versions of "Why Am I Treated So Bad" featuring Pops Staples, James Brown, Cannonball Adderley, the reggae group Seasoning, and Mavis Staples. Over three hours of deep, deep music.
MAVIS STAPLES / “Why Am I Treated So Bad”Mon, Jan 26th, 2009 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
DEEP RUMBA / “Si! No!”Mon, Jan 26th, 2009 | Posted in Contemporary | 2 Comments »
VARIOUS ARTISTS / “Classic New Orleans Mixtape”Mon, Jan 26th, 2009 | Posted in Classic | No Comments »
This is the week of January 19th, 2009
Al Green returns with nearly an hour of classic material. We follow with new music from monster, British beat-master kidkanevil. We close out with eight (Yo-Yo Ma & Rosa Passos, Wes Montgomery, Gal Costa, McCoy Tyner, Miucha, Gene Ammons, Ivan Lins, and Dianne Reeves) interpretations of the Brazilian classic, "Once I Loved."
DIANNE REEVES / “Once I Loved”Mon, Jan 19th, 2009 | Posted in Cover | No Comments »
KIDKANEVIL / “kidkanevil Mixtape”Mon, Jan 19th, 2009 | Posted in Contemporary | 1 Comment »
AL GREEN / “I Didn’t Know”Mon, Jan 19th, 2009 | Posted in Classic | No Comments »
This is the week of January 12th, 2009
The classic this week is Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas has an excellent new album, and we close with an extended consideration of the revolutionary Ms. Erykah Badu—and as she says: Peace after Revolution!
ERYKAH BADU / “Erykah Badu Live & Remixes Mixtape”Mon, Jan 12th, 2009 | Posted in Cover | 4 Comments »