Thursday, October 22, 2009

..:|:Dr. John & The Lower 911:|:..

Few protest albums have the percolating groove appeal of Dr. John’s City That Care Forgot. If not for lyrics like "the road to the White House, paved with lies" the song "Promises, Promises" would be a typically chipper New Orleans second-line strut. And "You Might Be Surprised" sounds like the kind of horn-and-strings-colored blues that has always been part of the piano giant’s repertoire -- until its darker hues come through in the lines "life is a near death experience/Hell is right here on this great big Earth." Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of Dr. John’s hometown and the following years of neglect sparked these 13 angry songs. The government, insurance companies and developers, and still-lingering institutional racism take an a**-whipping with help from Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Terence Blanchard, Ani DiFranco, and Terrance Simien in cameo appearances. The climax is a suite -- "Dream Warrior," "Black Gold," "We Getting There" -- whose brooding imagery, funky keyboards, Latin percussion, and dramatic horns recall the great Blaxploitation movie music of the ’70s. On the other hand "My People Need a Second Line" speaks to the resilience of New Orleans culture, holding threads of hope bright as the trilling of Dr. John’s piano.




Dr. John & The Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot [2008]

1. Keep On Goin'
2. Time For A change
3. Promises, Promises
4. You Might Be Surprised
5. Dream Warrior
6. Black Gold
7. We Gettin' There
8. Stripped Away
9. Say Whut?
10. My People Need A Second Line
11. Land Grab
12. City That Care Forgot
13. Save Our Wetlands

..:|:Orishas:|:..

Orishas are a Latin rap group of Cuban expatriates whose debut album, A Lo Cubano (2000), was internationally acclaimed and whose subsequent albums found them furthering their fusion of Latin rhythms and melodies with hip-hop. Comprised of Roldán, Ruzzo, and Yotuel, the group was formed in Paris, France, in the late '90s. The original lineup also included Flaco-Pro, who left the group after its debut album. Prior to moving to Paris and forming Orishas with Roldán and Flaco-Pro, Ruzzo and Yotuel had been members of the pioneering Cuban rap group Amenaza. In collaboration with producer Nicolas Nocchi, Orishas made their full-length album debut in 2000 with A Lo Cubano, a groundbreaking Latin rap album that fused Afro-Cuban rhythms, hip-hop beats, melodic singing, and socially conscious raps to international acclaim. Reduced to a trio after the departure of Flaco-Pro, Orishas refined their musical fusion on their second album, Emigrante (2002), which was more melodic than their debut. El Kilo (2005), the third Orishas album, was a further refinement of the group's musical fusion. Moreover, El Kilo continued to broaden the group's popularity, particularly in Europe, where the album charted in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Cosita Buena (2008), the fourth Orishas album, followed a year later and again found the group evolving musically.






Orishas - Cosita Buena [2008]

1. Cosita Buena
2. Maní
3. Bruja
4. Camina
5. Guajira
6. Borrón
7. Mírame
8. Que Quede Claro
9. Machete
10. Isi
11. Público
12. Melodías
13. Hip Hop Conga






Orishas - Antidiotico [2007]

Disc One

1. Hay Un Son
2. A Lo Cubano
3. Elegante
4. Elmigrantes
5. 537 C.U.B.A.
6. Represent, Cuba [feat. Heather Headley]
7. Nací Orishas
8. ¿Que Pasa?
9. Silencio
10. Connexion
11. Habana
12. El Kilo
13. ¿Que Bola?
14. Quien Te Dijo
15. Un Pagina Doblada


Disc Two

1. Mistica
2. Desaparecidos
3. Bombo
4. Soy Guajiro [feat. Benny More]
5. Kayliah [feat. Gwadloup Cuba]
6. Da Weasel [feat. Sigue Sigue]
7. Carlos Jean [feat. La Alianza]
8. 1.9.9.9. [Remix]
9. Orishas Llego [Cayo Huesa Mix]
10. ¿Que Pasa? [Red Mix]









Orishas - El Kilo [2005]

1. Nací Orishas
2. Distinto
3. Elegante
4. El Kilo
5. Que Se Bote
6. Reina De La Calle
7. Bombo
8. Al Que Le Guste
9. Amor Al Arte
10. Tumbando Y Dando
11. La Calle
12. Stress
13. La Vacuna
14. Quien Te Dijo






Orishas - Emigrante [2002]

1. ¿Que Pasa?
2. Mujer
3. Guajiro
4. ¿Que bola?
5. Asi Fue
6. Niños
7. 300 Kilos [feat. Yuri Buenaventura]
8. Gladiadores
9. Ausencia [feat. Niko Noki]
10. Habana
11. Testimonio
12. Rey De La Pachacha
13. Emigrantes
14. Desaparecidas
15. La Vida [feat. Passi]









Orishas - A Lo Cubano [2000]

1. Represent
2. lo Cubano
3. Barrio
4. S.O.L.A.R.
5. 1.9.9.9.
6. Atencion
7. Mistica
8. Canto Para Elewa Y Chango
9. Madre
10. Orishas Llego
11. 537 C.U.B.A.
12. Connexion
14. Triunfo


..:|:Burning Spear:|:..

Reggae artist Burning Spear, who chose his music name in honor of Kenyan freedom fighter and first president Jomo Kenyatta, presents his latest album in a decades-long career promoting peace, unity, and love. Burning Spear has traveled to violence-torn Nairobi at the behest of the United Nations to offer the positive influence of his music; now listeners across the globe can feel his strong, positive message of self-reliance, African unity, and respect for one's fellow man in Jah is Real.






Burning Spear - Jah Is Real [2008]

1. Cruise
2. Step It
3. You Were Wrong
4. Run For Your Life
5. Jah Is Real
6. People In High Places
7. One Africa
8. Grandfather
9. Wickedness
10. Stick To The Plan
11. No Compromise
12. 700 Strong
13. Grass Root
14. Step it [Remix]


..:|:Brothers Johnson:|:..

The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of musicians, and brothers, George aka 'Lightnin' Licks' and Louis Jagger Johnson aka 'Thunder Thumbs'. After touring with various artists like Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, Quincy Jones hired them for a tour in Japan and produced their debut album Look Out For #1, released in March 1976 (#9 U.S.) Their Right On Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200.






Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 [1976]

1. I'll Be Good To You
2. Thunder Thumbs And Lightnin' Licks
3. Get The Funk Out Ma Face
4. Tomorrow
5. Free And Single
6. Come Together
7. Land Od Ladies
8. Dancin' And Prancin'
9. The Devil






Brothers Johnson - Right On Time [1977]

1. Runnin' For Your Lovin'
2. Free Yourself, Be Yourself
3. "Q"
4. Right On Time
5. Strawberry Letter 23
6. Brother Man
7. Never Leave You Lonely
8. Love Is

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

..:|:Van Hunt:|:..

Van Hunt is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He released his debut album, Van Hunt, in 2004, and a follow-up, On the Jungle Floor, in 2006, both on Capitol Records. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for appearing on the tribute version of the Sly & the Family Stone song, "Family Affair", in 2007. He transitioned to Blue Note Records where his 2008 album, Popular, was shelved and never released. He self-released the compilation album Use In Case of Emergency in 2009.






Van Hunt - Use In Case Of Emergency [2009]

1. Sexy [I'm Not Known For Dancin']
2. Her Smile
3. Saturday Laughs
4. ATTENTION!
5. N.E.Thing2getura10chin
6. Hidden Charm [Original Version]
7. Come Tomorrow
8. Man Of The Year [Original Version]
9. 0405
10. Funny
11.Tingle






Van Hunt - On The Jungle Floor [2006]

1. Intro
2. If I Take You Home [Upon...]
3. Hot Stage Lights
4. Daredevil, Baby
5. Ride, Ride, Ride
6. Being A Girl
7. Suspicion [She Knows Me Too Well]
8. Mean Sleep [feat. Nikka Costa]
9. Priest Or Police
10. Character
11. Interlude
12. No Sense Of Crime
13. At The End Of A Slow Dance
14. The Thrill Of This Love
15. Hole In My Heart
16. The Night Is Young









Van Hunt - Van Hunt [2004]

1. Dust
2. Seconds Of Pleasure
3. Hello, Goodbye
4. Down Here In Hell [With You]
5. What Can I Say
6. Anything [To Get Your Attention]
7. Highlights
8. Precious
9. Her december
10. Hold My Hand
11. Who Will Love Me In Winter
12. Out Of The Sky


..:|:A Monday Tuesday - Monday Michiru Discography Pt.3:|:..


Monday Michiru - Delicious Poison [1996]

1. Black Rose
2. Leaf In The Wind
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
4. Delicious Poison
5. To Live As To Dream
6. Paradox In Time
7. Tatou My Heart
8. Nadir
9. Aint The Truth
10. Caught
11. Conversations With Myself
12. Why Should I Care




Monday Michiru - Jazz Brat [1995]

1. Look Into The Past
2. Rainy Daze
3. Sunshine After The Rain
4. Hold On
5. Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
6. Angels Falling
7. Givin' It
8. In Utopia
9. Scat Attack
10. Fading Beauty
11. Just Another Day
12. Flora




Monday Michiru - Maiden Japan [1994]

1. Maiden Voyage, Taking Off
2. Prayer Of Love
3. Yellow Rain
4. Black And White
5. Wanted For Reason
6. Tracks
7. Maiden Voyage, Going Somewhere
8. Here Between The Silence
9. What Is Jazz?
10. Comfort Of Strangers
11. Suite Life
12. When I'm With You
13. Secret Desire
14. Maiden voyage, Gone




Monday Michiru - Groovement [1994]

1. When I'm With You [Opaz Dub Mix]
2. When I'm With You
3. Maiden Voyage
4. Comfort Of Strangers
5. Is This How it Feels
6. Tracks
7. Sleep
8. When I'm With you

..:|:A Monday Tuesday - Monday Michiru Discography Pt.1:|:..

Monday Michiru Sipiagin (maiden name Mariano, more commonly known as Monday Michiru / MONDAY 満ちる born) is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 1990's yet she has created her own unique style of music that transcends traditional definitions of the aforementioned genres.






Monday Michiru - Nexus [2008]

1. Interlude
2. Epiphany
3. Your Eyes
4. Candy
5. Sometimes
6. Suite 610
7. Genetic Imprints
8. That's Not Me
9. Weak
10. Sands Of Time
11. One
12. On And On









Monday Michiru - My Ever Changing Moods [2007]

1. I'm Gonna Love You just A Little More Babe
2. Journey To The Light
3. Just Be Good To Me
4. Aldeia De Ogum
5. Vera Cruz
6. Walking In Your Footsteps
7. My Ever Changing Moods
8. Remind Me
9. Mi Vida
10. Call Me
11. True Colors






Monday Michiru - Routes [2006]

1. Routes Interlude
2. Right Time
3. Hung up
4. Be Who You Are
5. Philosophy Road
6. Touch The Sky
7. Remember
8. Dig Deep
9. Don't
10. Yellow Light
11. I'm Still Here
12. I Couldn't See
13. New Way
14. Sketches Of Myself






Monday Michiru - Co-Collaborated Works of Monday Michiru [2007]

1. You Make Me [Studio Apartment Mix]
2. The Right Time [Jephte's King Street Vocal]
3. Tiger Eyes
4. The Real Thing [feat, Rasmus Faber]
5. Sunshine After The Rain [MAW 12" Mix]
6. Butterfly 
7. A.D.D.P.
8., Shooting Star
9. New Beginnings
10. Higher [Spiritual Life vocal]






Monday Michiru - Episodes In Color [2006]

1. Prologue
2. Talk
3. Generations
4. Road Less Traveled
5. Send One Your Love
6. Interesting Times
7. So Close, Yet So Far
8. First Steps
9. Mysteries Of Life
10. Heal
11. If I Knew Then [What I Know Now]
12. Yokan [Premonition]
13. Epilogue

Monday, October 19, 2009

..:|:Siobhan Donaghy:|:..

Most notable for being the first Sugababes member to go solo, Siobhan Donaghy has since carved out a niche for herself as one of Britain's most intriguing young female artists.






Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts [2007]

1. Don't Give It Up
2. So You Say
3. There's A Place
4. Sometimes
5. 12 Bar Acid Blues
6. Make It Right
7. Coming Up for Air
8. Goldfish
9. Medevac
10. Halcyon Days
11. Ghosts









Siobhan Donaghy - Revolution In Me [2003]

1. Nothing But Song
2. Man Without Friends
3. Overrated
4. Little Bits
5. As You Like It
6. Next Human [XY]
7. Suasex
8. Twist Of Fate
9. Faces
10. Dialect
11. Revolution In Me
12. Iodine


..:|:Nicole Willis Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators:|:..

The Combination of a New York born Willis, Producer/Husband Jimi Tenor and a Helsinki based backing band have together created a geographically diverse Northern Soul album for the Mid-Noughties.






Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - Keep Reachin' Up [2007]

1. Feeling Free
2. If This Ain’t Love [I Don’t Know What Is]
3. Keep Reachin’ Up
4. Blues Downtown
5. My Four Leaf Clover
6. A Perfect Kind Of Love
7. Invisible Man
8. Holdin’ On
9. No One’s Gonne Love You
10. Soul Investigators Theme
11. Hidden Track [Bonus]



..:|:Amp Fiddler:|:..

Amp Fiddler is an American keyboardist, singer, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan, U.S.. His musical styles include funk,soul, dance and electronica music. He is probably best known for his contributions to the band Enchantment, and as part of George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic groups from 1985 until 1996.






Amp Fiddler, Sly & Robbie - Inspiration Information [2008]

1. Crazy Day
2. Drama Inside
3. I Fell On The Wagon
4. You
5. Black House [Paint The White house]
6. Be Alright
7. I Believe In You
8. Serious
9. Lonely
10. Vibrationship
11. Changes
12. This World






Amp Fiddler - Rare And Unreleased [2008]

1. The Box
2. Pray Together
3. You Must Be The One [feat. Allen Barnes]
4. Funky Monday
5. Dope
6. Superficial [Amp's Soul Special]
7. Afro Butt [feat. Tony Allen]
8. Hollywood
9. Seven Mile
10. Hope
11. Eye To Eye [Kenny Dope's Remix]
12. Eye To Eye [Kenny Dope's Keyapella]






Amp Fiddler - Afro Strut [2006]

1. Faith
2. If I Don't
3. Right Where You Are
4. Find My Way
5. Empower [Afro Strut Skit]
6. I Need You
7. You Could Be Mine
8. Heaven [Afro Strut Skit]
9. Seven Mile
10. Funky Monday
11. Ridin'
12. Hustle









Amp Fiddler - Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly [2003]

1. Intro
2. I Believe In You
3. Dreamin'
4. Superficial
5. Possibilities
6. Soul Devine
7. You Played Me
8. Eye To Eye
9. Love And War
10. If You Can't Get Me Off Your Mind
11. Unconditional Eyes
12. This Is How
13. Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly




..:|:Esperanza Spalding:|:..

Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. After touring and playing with a whole host of artists, including Joe Lovano, Patti Austin, Michel Camilo, Charlie Haden, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Dave Samuels, and a host of others, in addition to heading her own jazz trio, Spalding recorded and released Junjo on the Barcelona-based AYVA imprint in 2006, following it with the simply named Esperanza on Heads Up Records in 2008.




Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza [2008]

1. Ponta De Areia
2. I Know You Know
3. Fall In
4. I Adore You
5. Cuerpa Y Alma [Body and Soul]
6. She Got You
7. Precious
8. Mela
9. Love In Time
10. Espera
11. If That's True
12. Samba Em Preludio









Esperanza Spalding - Junjo [2006]

1. The Peacocks
2. Loro
3. Humpty Dumpty
4. Mompouana
5. Perazuán
6. Junjo
7. Contora De Yala
8. Two Bad
9. Parazela


..:|:Bahamadia:|:..

Bahamadia is a Philadelphia-born hip hop artist, a DJ who later became an MC. As an affiliate of the Gang Starr Foundation, she released her critically-acclaimed debut album entitled Kollage in 1996. The album featured production by Guru and DJ Premier of Gangstarr. Kollage was followed in 2001 by BB Queen, an EP release.






Bahamadia - Good Rap Music [2006]

1 Good Rap Music
2. Real Love
3. Serious Pt. I
4. Buck Season
5. Culture Cut
6. Reign
7. Reign
8. Fun
9. Serious Pt. II
10. Good Rap Improv
11. Glory
12. Thank You






Bahamadia - BB Queen EP [2000]

1. Intro
2. Special Forces
3. Commonwealth [Cheap Chicks]
4.  One-4-Teen [Funky For You]
5. Philadelphia
6. Beautiful Things
7. Pep Talk





Bahamadia - Kollage [1996]

1. Intro
2. Word Play
3. Spontaneity
4. Rugged Ruff
5. Interlude
6. I Confess
7. Uknowhowwedo
8. Interlude
9. Total Wreck
10. Innovation
11. Da Jawn
12. Interlude
13. True Honey Buns [That Freak Sh*t]
14. 3 Tha Hard Way
15. Biggest Part Of Me





..:|:Parlet:|:..

Parlet is essentially a trio (two trios, actually -- one with Washington, Wright, and Franklin, the other with Washington, Hayden, and Evans) of backup singers from the P-Funk mob. The group is similar to the Brides of Funkenstein in that respect, but perhaps a bit less conservative. The group was originally designed as a concept by George Clinton, as a counterpart to his original doo wop group the Parliaments. The original name for the girls group was actually the Parlettes, but it was shortened to try and escape from the Motown sound genre, again by Clinton.






Parlet - Play Me Or Trade Me [1980]

1. Help From My Friends
2. Watch Me Do My Thang
3. Wolf Tickets
4. Play Me Or Trade Me
5. I'm Mo Be Hittin' It
6. Funk Until The Edge Of Time
7. Wonderful One






Parlet - Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers [1979]

1. Ridin' High
2. No Rump To Bump
3. Don't Ever Stop
4. Booty Snatchers
5. You're Leaving
6. Huff-N-Puff





Parlet - Pleasure Principle [1978]

1. Pleasure Principle
2. Love Amnesia
3. Cookie Jar
4. Misunderstanding
5. Are You Dreaming
6. Mr. melody Man