Recently a youth I hold in high esteem asked me about some hip hop to listen to. Kindly allow this not to be a comprehensive hip hop history, but rather, my hip hop history, from the remote island of Tristan da Cunha to here under the starry skies on the beach in Recife, Brazil. For […]
Read More Hip Hop Saved My LifeBuenos Aires-born electro-ambient-folk genius Juana Molina blows my mind with her absolutely intriguing and masterful on-the-spot sampling. Great stuff – enjoy a few groovy tracks.
Read More Juana Molina: sálvese quien pueda…Jesús brought these guys to my attention a few months back and the more I listen the more I find myself listening. Coming straight outta Cataluña, La Troba Kung-Fú epitomize the cultural bouillabaisse that makes Barcelona the cosmopolitan capital of the Iberian Peninsula. Since 2005 this catalán band without borders has been ingeniously fusing rumba, […]
Read More La Troba Kung-FúSelect tunes from one of the world’s hotbeds of music and culture. Some seriously killer footage and some amazing artists. Mesmerizing stuff! Enjoy!
Read More Disko Baloba Sound System in Mali!If you are unfamiliar with Fela Anikulapo Kuti, suffice to say that he was one of the funkiest and grooviest musicians the world has ever seen who tended to perform live concerts wearing only a speedo and a fur coat surrounded by his 29 wives (who were also his backup singers). A gifted multi-instrumentalist and […]
Read More FELA KUTI IS MY PRESIDENT
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