Breakdown: January 12th on KPFK’s Melting Pot

First shows of a new year are often difficult to produce for a show like this. The beginning of the year generally doesn’t have a lot of new releases, so there’s not a lot of completely new sounds to share. Lucky for us all, 2014 already has a few very strong records upcoming in these first two months of the year, including Swervedriver, Sharon Jones, Spain, Bart Davenport and Chicano Batman, as well as more than a few things left over from 2013 that didn’t get quite the amount of shine they deserved on my program, such as Juana Molina, Jessy Lanza and the fantastic Purple Snow collection put out by Numero. This first show also features a couple of tributes to artists who passed recently, including the criminally under-rated Kermit Moore and the incomparable Amiri Baraka.

Melting Pot on KPFK #151: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #151: Second Hour

Playlist: 01-12-2014

{opening theme} Booker T & the Mgs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)

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Amiri Baraka – Who Will Survive America? – Listen Whitey: The Sounds Of Black Power 1967-1975
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – She Fell Away – Your Funeral, My Trial (Mute)
King – Go Slow – Red, Hot & Fela (Knitting Factory)
Andrew Hill feat. Kermit Moore – Illusion – One For One (Blue Note)

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Juana Molina – Ferocisimo – Wed 21 (Crammed Discs)
Jessy Lanza – As If – Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub)
Los Macuanos – Iglesia de San Miguel Canoa – El Origen (Nacional)
The Avalanches – Diners Only/A Different Feeling – Since I Left You (Modular)

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Bart Davenport – Fuck Fame – Physical World (Burger/Lovemonk)
Swervedriver – Deep Wound – Single (Self-released)
Willie Colon – Eso Se Baila Asi – The Hustler (Fania)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – You’ll Be Lonely – Give The People What They Want (Daptone)

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94 East – If You See Me – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Numero)
Mind & Matter – I’m Under Your Spell – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Numero)
Aura – Taste Of Love – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Numero)
Haze – I Do Love My Lady – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Numero)

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Chicano Batman – El Frio II – Cycles Of Existential Rhyme (El Relleno)
Miles Tackett & the 3 Times – Just What I Need (Self-Released)
Erasmo Carlos – Sorriso Dela – Sonhos e Memorias (Polydor)
Sun Kil Moon – Micheline – Benji (Caldo Verde)

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Spain – To Be A Man – Sargent Place (Glitterhouse)
Songs: Ohia – Hold On Magnolia – Magnolia Electric Co.: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Secretly Canadian)
Yusef Lateef – Live Humble – The Diverse Yusef Lateef (Atlantic)

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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Bitar (Kemado)