Camping Next To Water with Mr. Badly Drawn Boy
A few years ago I came across a great album from one Badly Drawn Boy. Turns out BDB is comprised of one English bloke named Damon Gough. It was his debut album, Hour of the Bewilderbeest. He’s since put out…
Bata Ketu by Michael Spiro and Mark Lamson
Guest post by Ty H. A beautiful CD and a great introduction to Orisha music from Cuba and Brazil. Another CD that is probably not for everyone, but it’s very well produced, very interesting, beautiful percussion and singing. The songs…
New Ancient Strings
New Ancient Strings by Toumani Diabate (Guest post by Ty H.) This is a CD that you may not be familiar with, but is a favorite of mine. It’s one of those CD’s that when it reaches the end, most…
It’s Rainin’ on my Window Pane
Here’s a heart-wrenching tune from Toussaint McCall. I first heard this as a 15 or 16 year old on a Chicago radio station that played old blues and R&B on Sunday nights. I pressed Record on my tape deck, and…
From the Swamps of N’awlins
Our next quality tune comes to you from Chris Whitley’s debut album, “Living with the Law”, released back in 1991 (where the $^#& does the time go?! crap, I’m getting old). This tune is one of the shining moments on…
R.I.P Joe Strummer
It was 2 years ago today that Joe Strummer passed on at the young age of 50. Here is the haunting last track off of the Mescaleros’ last album, Streetcore.
Happy Merry Christmas Funtime
For a light-hearted approach to Christmas music, we have to return to Grandaddy, with their Christmas classic, “Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland.” Here’s an excerpt: in the meadow we can build a snowmanand pretend that he is Alan Parsonshe’ll…
X Clan’s Funkin’ Lesson
Another I-guess-you-would-call-it old school gem from 1990 from the boys in X-Clan, found on their album “To the East…Blackwards”, this isn’t your run of the mill late 80’s, early 90’s gangsta or Hammer or Ice Ice baby-type fare. This is…
I’ll be your sure thing…
Here’s a 2-minute pop masterpiece by a band out of south Philadelphia who call themselves Marah. They caught my attention a few years ago when they released Kids in Philly, an album chock full of powerful lyrics and imagery, and…
It’s Grandaddy Time
Want to put a little charge in your day? Listen to Grandaddy‘s version of “Best of All Possible Worlds.” It was written by Kris Kristofferson and released on his debut album back in 1970. If you haven’t heard of Grandaddy,…