Category: Music
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It’s In The Mix! More Good Internet Radio!
A Mister Nagoski is streaming from his collection of old 78 records: “78 Vintage Grooves From Around The World…” So far I’ve hung out with a Japanese callgirl, then some syrup-voiced guy from the arabic-speaking world, then I think the next fella was crooning to me from Turkey. Now Lil Wally and his pals have…
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Sound Balloons: The Field Recordings of Mr. L’Roy
My dear friend Eugene Fauntleroy is travelling around the world. I know him as an entrepreneur, a dj, a bon vivant; sometimes a dandy, always someone worth engaging with. I recently found that he’s established a Soundcloud page for a set of field recordings he’s creating: http://soundcloud.com/gene-lroy/tracks There’s quite a few things happening here: Qawwalli vs bhangra (a…
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Ladies & Gentleman, Miss Azealia Banks
Azealia Banks has just taken me for a ride… This young woman is from Manhattan (212) and is ready to claim the entire island as her own. I suggest we all step back and see what she can do. She’s better than Bloomberg, obviously more articulate. http://azealiabanks.com Somebody give sweetthang a show in Seattle, yap? The distorted vocals…
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This Blackness It Burns
Whoa, Angolan production team Nirvanas & Beats fire up the heavy kuduro. I’d never heard of these cats until tonight, but I’ve listened to Buraka Som Sistema for a long time. Buraka is a Portuguese kuduro act that can break the night. What I don’t know about kuduro could fill many books. Doesn’t matter, though.…
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Musical Performance: Right HERE/Right NOW
[UPDATE! Here/Now has finally posted the group portrait for the night and has written a short piece on the event; check it out here…] Last night I had the pleasure of playing an improvised set at Paige Barnes’ and Christopher Hydinger’s HERE/NOW improvisational performance event. This is their description of Here/Now: ‘HERE/NOW consists of 8 Dancers…