Man…I’ve been getting seriously delinquent on these posts…Grading papers and midterms from my academic work has been taking a lot out of me lately. This was a pretty solid show though. Begins with some tracks inspired by the recent exhibit at the Huntington, Central Ave. and Beyond: The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles and the show we did at KCRW on the exhibit for Politics of Culture. Right at the beginning a classic collaboration between Charles Mingus & Langston Hughes into an underground classic from Phil Choran (who I was surprised to see in a picture from the 40s at the exhibit while he was in the Sultans of Swing). I’ll likely highlight that record from Phil Cohran pretty soon. New music from People Under The Stairs, Rose Melberg of the Softies, Natural Self, Dam-Funk, the Atlas Sound and more. Enjoy it while you can, until the enxt one gets added online…
Langston Hughes & Charles Mingus – Blues Montage – Weary Blues
Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble – The Minstrel – Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble
Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins – 70 MPH Isn’t Fast Enough To Get Out of Nebraska – Fascinating Fingers
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Breakestra – Lowdown Stank – Dusk Till Dawn
King Hannibal – The Truth Shall Make You Free – 7”
Del The Funky Homosapien & tame One – Flashback – Parallel Uni-verses
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Natural Self – Midnight Sun – My Heart Beats Like A Drum
Anthony Valadez – Drips of Sound – Audio/Visual
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – We Live In Brooklyn, Baby – He’s Coming
Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen – Cella’s Walk – Inspiration Information, vol. 4
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Atlas Sound – Quick Canal feat. Laetitia Sadier – Logos
Neu – Fur Immer – Neu! 2
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Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou – Koutome – Vol. 2: Echos Hypnotiques
The Slits – Cry Baby – Trapped Animal
Ken Boothe – Puppet On A String – You’re No Good
Air – Night Hunter – Love 2
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Dam-Funk – Come On Outside – Toeachhizown
The Moments – Sexy Mama – 7”
Massive Attack – Pray For Rain – Splitting The Atom ep
The Black seeds – Send A Message – Solid Ground
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The Dutchess & the Duke – Sunrise/Sunset – Sunset/Sunrise
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – The Rider Song – White Lunar
Leonard Cohen – Bird on The Wire – Live at the Isla of Wight 1970
Build An Ark – Fun’s Theme – Love Part 1
Rose Melberg – Look Skyward – Homemade Ship
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James Brown & the Famous Flames – Prisoner of Love / It May Be The Last Time – Live At the Garden
Mulatu Astatke – Yegelle Tezeta – New York-Addis-London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975
People Under The Stairs – DQMOT – Carried Away
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Little Dragon – Fortune – Machine Dreams
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Black Water – Live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
It Runs Too Low
DJ Shadow – Six Days – Private Press
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