The Friday Five: July 22, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
The Friday Five: April 8, 2011
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
Peter Piper / Take Me To The Mardi Gras
Show of hands: who knows the genesis of the bell & percussion groove of Run-DMC’s “Peter Piper”? I stumbled on it tonight. I was listening to Afrika Bambaata’s radio show on Sirius Backspin on the way home from work today.…
Paul Simon + Roots + Antibalas Horns on Fallon
Jimmy Fallon may be going through some growing pains as a late night talk show host (some of the interviews I’ve seen have their cringe-worthy moments), but with the Roots as the house band, every musical moment has the potential…