I know many of you thought I must have given up posting on this blog for Lent, but naw…I’ve just been exceptionally busy with personal matters that I think have more or less stabilized and (hopefully) should allow me to get back into my usual rhythm and you can get used to music being available here on a regular weekly basis. Spending most of the day getting things back on track and so there’s gonna be a mountain of new posts up tonight! Yesterday’s show was a special affair, with a double holiday, one very conventional and traditional, the other the opposite of both of those, with Easter and 4/20. I am a catholic, but as to the other “holiday,” I don’t partake, but appreciate the fact that clearly many of my listeners do, so we start with a couple of songs that bridge the two holidays together. From there we have a little bit of new music in the first hour, from Karol Conka, Debruit & Alsarah, instrumental Madlib, Peppered throughout are a few songs that feature Bart Davenport, who is our guest during the whole second hour (separate post up momentarily), performing a few songs and talking about his career and his most recent record Physical World. We haven’t had a lot of interviews this year, but I’m hoping that this one will change our lucky and the second half of 2014 will have more than a few guests. Thanks for hanging in there with me, enjoy the tunes, next week we’re all on vinyl.
Melting Pot on KPFK #161: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #161: Second Hour
Playlist: 04-20-2014
{opening theme} Booker T & The Mgs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)
~~~~ Break ~~~~
US Apple Corps – Get High On Jesus – Let The Music Take Your Mind (Plantation/SSS)
Ada Richards – I’m Drunk & I’m Real High – Good God!: Born Again Funk (Numero)
Tower Of Power – Social Lubrication – East Bay Grease (San Francisco)
~~~~ Break ~~~~
Karol Conka – Caxambu – Batukfreak (Mr. Bongo)
BadBadNotGood – CS60 – III (Innovative Leisure)
Madlib – Robes (Instrumental) – Pinata (Instrumentals) (Madlib Invazion)
Incarnations feat. Bart Davenport – I Didn’t Know – With All Due Respect (Lovemonk)
Bobby Wade – Can’t You Hear Me Calling – Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label (Numero)
~~~~ Break ~~~~
Debruit & Alsarah – Alrahal – Aljawal (Soundway)
Greyboy Allstars feat. Bart Davenport – To Know You Is To Love You (Ubiquity)
Asha Bholse & Chorus – Koi Lutera – Bollywood Disco (Cultures Of Soul)
Fania All-Stars feat. Cheo Feliciano – Anacaona – Our Latin Thing/Nuestra Cosa: 40th anniversary edition (Fania)
~~~~ Break ~~~~
Bart Davenport – A Young One – Palaces (Antenna Farm)
Bart Davenport – Interview & Performance – Recorded Live At KPFK (KPFK Archives)
Bart Davenport – Fuck Fame – Physical World (Lovemonk/Burger)
~~~~ Break ~~~~
{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Bitar (Kemado)