For the first time in this blog’s history, we’re doing our “Best Of” round-up from home, instead of at a radio station. It’s definitely a different experience for me, though I think things sound pretty decent with the set-up I currently have. It’s been over five years since I did online only shows, and things are really different since then, so there’s a bit of rust and some kinks (but fewer than with the Best Vinyl show), but I’ll sort all that out in time as “We Jam Econo” throughout the year. What is absolutely top quality is the music, a little over two hours of the best things I heard in 2015. As is our tradition, the rest of the week will be devoted to taking a look back at the past year in music, with posts on my favorite vinyl digs, reissues, songs and albums of 2015. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening!
Melting Pot’s Best Of 2015: Part 1
Melting Pot’s Best Of 2015: Part 2
Melting Pot’s Best Of 2015 Playlist:
{Opening theme} Booker T & the Mgs – Melting Pot – Melting Pot (Stax)
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Oddisee – I Belong To The World – The Good Fight (Mello Music)
Kadhja Bonet – Gramma Honey – The Visitor EP (Self-released)
Thundercat – Lone Wolf & Cub – The Beyond/Where The Wild Things Roam (Brainfeeder)
The Stark Reality – Shooting Stars – The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop (Now-Again)
Bruce & Vlady – Reality/Blue Variations – The Reality (Vampi Soul)
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The Sandwitches – Play it Again, Dick – Our Toast (Empty Cellar)
Shannon & the Clams – Gone By The Dawn – Gone By The Dawn (Hardly Art)
Novos Baianos – Juventude Sexta e Saubado – The Brasileiro Treasure Box Of Funk & Soul (Cultures Of Soul)
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – One In A Million – Happiness In Every Style (Timmion)
The Souljazz Orchestra – Soleil Couchant – Resistance (Strut)
Holly Golightly – As You Go Down – Slowtown Now! (Damaged Goods)
Dexter Story – Mowa – Wondem (Soundway)
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The Amazing – Captured Light – Picture You (Partisan)
Annabel (Lee) – Find Me – By The Sea…and Other Solitary Places (Ninja Tune)
Tashi Dorji – Forbidden – Appa (Bathetic)
Vieux Fakra Toure & Julia Easterlin – Masters Of War – Touristes (Six Degrees)
Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra – Burn Your Money – Holy Mountain Soundtrack (Finders Keepers)
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Gloria Ann Taylor – World That’s Not Real – Love Is A Hutirn’ Thing (Luv’n’Haight/Ubiquity)
Waltel Branco – Tema De Ricardinho – Assim Na Terra Como No Ceu (Mr. Bongo)
King Midas Sound/Fennesz – Loving Or Leaving – Edition 1 (Ninja Tune)
Dimas III – I’ll Never Love You Again – Royal Jesters: English Oldies (Numero)
NxWorries – Suede – Single (Stones Throw)
Ibeyi – River – Ibeyi (XL)
Kamasi Washington – Change Of The Guard – The Epic (Brainfeeder)
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Kamasi Washington – Malcolm’s Theme – The Epic (Brainfeeder)
Kendrick Lamarr – How Much Does A Dollar Cost? – To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Rank Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
Hiatus Kaiyote – Building A Ladder – Choose Your Own Weapon (Flying Buddah)
Dungen – En Gang Om Aret – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)
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{Closing Theme} Dungen – Flickor Och Pojkar – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)