http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-179406 lebo Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:27:30 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-179406 Just a note on the Sergio Mendes Encanto entry. There's a Ledisi version and also a Zap Mama version on the Encanto CD. What Ledisi does on her version is absolute magic! Zap Mama's version? Umm, not so much. But I don't speak french so... :) Just a note on the Sergio Mendes Encanto entry. There’s a Ledisi version and also a Zap Mama version on the Encanto CD. What Ledisi does on her version is absolute magic! Zap Mama’s version? Umm, not so much. But I don’t speak french so…

]]> http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-143513 Minkah Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:01:47 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-143513 Thanks. I was only familiar with Cassandra Wilson's version. Thanks. I was only familiar with Cassandra Wilson’s version.

]]> http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-142688 Tricia Cochee Wed, 27 May 2009 18:04:01 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-142688 The perfect "zen koan" of a song. The perfect “zen koan” of a song.

]]> http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-142681 rich Wed, 27 May 2009 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2009/05/25/various-artists-%e2%80%9cwaters-of-march-mixtape%e2%80%9d/#comment-142681 In the short film Bossa Nova - the sound that seduced the world there is a range of contemporary and archival interviews with key musicians and songwriters from the movement. apparently a key influence on the soft, acoustic groove and sound at the heart of so much Bossa was the angry landlady who lived in the apartment above the one where many of the key figures met to jam, talk and share songs. part of the laid back approach was apparently designed to keep her from banging on the roof late at night. Thanks for sharing these gems! In the short film Bossa Nova – the sound that seduced the world there is a range of contemporary and archival interviews with key musicians and songwriters from the movement. apparently a key influence on the soft, acoustic groove and sound at the heart of so much Bossa was the angry landlady who lived in the apartment above the one where many of the key figures met to jam, talk and share songs. part of the laid back approach was apparently designed to keep her from banging on the roof late at night. Thanks for sharing these gems!

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