Ripped In Glasgow (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Compilation from 1995 licensed to L'Attitude Records. Howzabout some Californian sunshine to brighten up the gloom of a pissing wet November...? A beautiful set of Hardkiss tracks from the early 90s, I can't big this up enough. I was slightly miffed to learn that the US version of this has different tracks, and that the CD has extra tracks. Mind you, you can't fault the ones they've chosen for this...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A compilation of 18 of the label's biggest reggae songs.
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Coming Up: Royal Wood It’s a pretty popular question: what are your guilty pleasures? In music par lance this usually includes ABBA, James Taylor, Garth Brooks or any other artist extremely popular with people you assume you would loathe. Unlike say hot dogs or MTV’s The Real World , musical guilty pleasures are often kept very secret for fear of letting people know you have common tastes....
Rudy's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
I’m going to be in Australia for a few weeks, first in Melbourne, then in Sydney, then in Cairns. Plans are somewhat vague—”My way is foggy,” as Burning Spear says. What calls me down under is that, thanks to Leon Marvell, I’ll be a guest of Deakin University in Melbourne for a week, where I’ll be [...]
And So it Goes in Shreveport (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
I can't linger long this morning folks; I've got to get ready to go lay in the sun in the park and listen to some funky music which will be a much needed break from the insane, and I do mean insane, news cycle this week. If you live anywhere around here, come on down to Columbia Park and enjoy the sixth annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival today where the fantastic New Orleans Rebirth Live Brass...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Playlist Various – Oh! Canada Various – Zunior Samplers Cloudland Blue Quartet – Blend: The Best of CBQ 1996-2009 Hawkwind – Spirit of the Age Neal Morse – Cover to Cover Black Sabbath – The Dio Years Pics and tracks to follow... A day of learning and hospitality... Up early and out for a breakfast meeting with a trio of major fund managers... Interesting stuff...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Playlist Burning Spear - Harder Than the Best Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man Taken By Trees – Open Field Burning Spear - Man in the Hills Brand New – The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst Art Pepper – Meets the Rhythm Section Martin Taylor – Don’t Fret Various – Trojan Instrumentals Box Set Various – Recent Acquisition Uploads...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Playlist Various – Recent Acquisitions on Shuffleplay Burning Spear - Harder Than the Best Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man Taken By Trees – Open Field Burning Spear - Man in the Hills Brand New – The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst Back to reality despite receiving e-mails of congratulations re last night's performance... A grey day... First thing,...
Christopher Fowlers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Whenever I pose a London question on this site, I get an answer in about 30 seconds, which either means my questions are too easy or you don’t sleep. So here’s today’s. An old London song, whose lyrics read: With a heart of furious fancies, Whereof I am commander, With a burning spear And a horse of air To the [...]
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Tight Like This Kellya Tezeta Changes Where Are We Going Tin Roof Blues Miserlou Twist Burning Spear Sinnerman Star Spangled Banner I Am I Be I Be Blowin You Got Me (Live) Essaywhuman Din Da Da Blue Black Jack Africa Dream If Rap Gets Jealous
Riddimjamaica (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
It grew in the narrow lanes of Kingston, Jamaica in the 1960s but reggae music has now developed into a universal genre and one of Gemany's best-known exponents of the style, Jahcoustix will give a concert, by courtesy of the Goethe Institut, at the Alliance Francaise in Accra on October 20. Jahcoustix, rea…
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
I've always had a soft spot for reggae, but recently I've got more and more into it as I get a bit bored of hearing the same old rock (or rehashes thereof). It's a mid-life thingy. Anyway, a lot of the good stuff gets regularly mentioned in mag articles and lists etc. (see list below*). But my favourite reggae album I've come across (and now one of my fave albums ever) is The Wailing Souls "Classic...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Island Records' founder, Chris Blackwell, says there is little chance of him returning to the music business full-time, pointing out that the contemporary scene's instant-sales regime does not mesh with his policy of artist development.
undomondo (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Urban dance, hip-hop, beats mixes from Hint, Natural Self, kidkanevil - enumclaw's unkraut 01 mix : psychedelic soundscapes, Camarilha podcast 09, Underground Spiritual Game's Burning Spear mix.
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