Month: June 2024

Song of the Day: June 30, 2024

Ibrahim Ferrer: Marieta Marieta on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCe3mL6YXrY&list=OLAK5uy_lzhIwcP7_mS6T6HwNncO-YsEBgKiAJ4DM&index=3 https://open.spotify.com/track/530CFqFZ0pdUp5cU0yZULv?si=f4d9daa3a6da44b0 Sunday is jazz day. Continuing my best of 1999 list, I've selected a song from my favorite jazz recording of the year. Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer was the debut album for Cuban jazz legend Ibrahim Ferrer. After being brought out of retirement for … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 30, 2024 →

Song of the Day: June 29, 2024

Opeth: The Moor The Moor on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bq8t-DEdJU&list=OLAK5uy_lzS6aMbbwuN1hIhrwf9npFIzLrprkiV_4&index=1 https://open.spotify.com/track/7kYoAXl3B59BEI8d9DUiRn?si=366b978d7c41401b Continuing my list of the Top 10 albums of 1999, coming in at #9 is Still Life by Opeth. Opeth were still three years away from releasing their genre-defining album Blackwater Park, one of the greatest metal albums ever recorded, when they started their … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 29, 2024 →

Black Nasty: Getting Funky 'Round Here Getting Funky 'Round Here on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulH8rGsiBXo&list=OLAK5uy_lRbgV1AJKsY8Hur7wKNY6fiPUiCtCWMDU&index=4 https://open.spotify.com/track/3OdBgzdF56PJ4wdRtjaGZa?si=f8454a18057e4ee6 It's funky Friday and today's track is a lost gem. Taking a page from Sly Stone and George Clinton's book, Detroit's Black Nasty combined rock, funk, and soul to create one of the great lost funk albums of 1973. … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 28, 2024 →

Mogwai: Cody Cody on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZhqFSlRODQ&list=OLAK5uy_ntUCDqHiMeA2ty5fFgrCRnYd3M9coXlXs&index=2 https://open.spotify.com/track/7vZpIKB35l7tyECTA02L0f?si=a69db86b175e480b I have reviewed a lot of albums over the last few years while writing this blog. Most of them have been part of my Year In Review series. This series has focused on albums celebrating their 50th, 25th, and 10th anniversaries. I recently completed a list … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 27, 2024 →

Pat Kelly: How Long Will It Take How Long Will It Take on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a_cfwl5S4Q&list=OLAK5uy_lOQByonizZY-T04faFcMoNigM6N2RjxIM&index=4 https://open.spotify.com/track/6qV95w6RYTspqNEZEIL8rh?si=0c9f2e5455054e63 Summer is here, and no music feels more like summer to me than reggae. Pat Kelly was one of the first rocksteady pop stars in Jamaica. He started his career in the mid-60s as a member of … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 26, 2024 →

Dexter and the Moonrocks: Bleach Bleach on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKSAZY6S8s https://open.spotify.com/track/7yVfb1QNzpuIYc5FMmvWBE?si=6dda26e51f664cd1 I felt like listening to some new indie rock today and "Bleach" by Dexter and the Moonrocks satisfied that urge. Set firmly in the sound of the 1990s, the song is from the group's new EP that is set for release on July … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 25, 2024 →

Lal Waterson and Mike Waterson: Bright Phoebus Bright Phoebus on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN-q-eMHy3Y&list=OLAK5uy_mOkWcgi4tZQdUuLx9YomEmPIwMSqfgUmI&index=12 https://open.spotify.com/track/3bQhX5HsEkMVvo7AaqLqag?si=0008fff5b09649b0 Credit goes to Faux Jr. for recommending this album. Lal Waterson and Mike Waterson were two of the six siblings who formed the English folk group The Watersons. They were part of the English folk music movement in the 1960s … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 24, 2024 →

Tony Allen & The Africa 70: Progress Progress on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0XyEUDRmJc&list=OLAK5uy_mN3DpGU4ZIaCqst2cmh5exc3gNY4Ty-wE&index=1 https://open.spotify.com/track/7gGmZVHLbnnR9ksLvREMvr?si=a2674c8430cb4540 Sunday is jazz day. Yesterday's selection of Yannis & The Yaw, featuring Tony Allen, sent me off to listen to the 1977 Tony Allen & The Africa 70 album Progress. Allen was the drummer for Fela Kuti's band Africa 70 from … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 23, 2024 →

Yannis & The Yaw: Under the Strikes Under the Strikes on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7thfYiUNzT4 https://open.spotify.com/track/767IdfyG4k7BIczG9HQ3dQ?si=36eb37535fd04733 Yannis & The Yaw is a side project for guitarist/vocalist Yannis Philippakis, founder of the indie rock band Foals. Philippakis wrote and recorded the songs on the group's new EP in 2016 when he went to Paris to record … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 22, 2024 →

Bill Cole: Teach Me How To Bump Teach Me How To Bump on Amazon Prime Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob94o5zxP3w https://open.spotify.com/track/70DX2NcpD3K4bJ2mksczjD?si=4e537a7707694d50 It's funky Friday! Tramp Records specializes in re-releases of old, lost songs by funk and soul artists. They have dozens of releases that include collections of songs by artists as well as themed compilations, such as their … Continue reading Song of the Day: June 21, 2024 →