Let's all make pretty music togther.

Going deep Wednesday night at the Mt. Airy Groove.  The complete works of The Stark Reality just dropped on NowAgain!  Get ready to dig into some fuzzy, funky Hoagy Carmichael tunes...originally re-imagined for a public access kids show!  Plus, a new one from Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators (Helsinki, please stand up!), a pair of tracks from the excellent Marcos Valle reissue series on Light in the Attic, and more previously unreleased music from Barney Wilen's killer Moshi sessions!

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March 20, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Mother's Little Helper"  Joe Pass  The Stones Jazz  (World Pacific)

"Com Mais de 30"  Marcos Valle  Garra  (Odeon/Light in the Attic)

"Mirage"  Heinz von Moisy  Irisation Las Plantas (Wah Wah)

"Cravo e Canela"  Paulo Moura  Fibra  (Whatmusic)

"Os Grilos"  Marcos Valle  Marcos Valle  (Odeon/Light in the Attic)

"Now I Can Fly"  Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators  Tortured Soul  (Timmion)

"Mustang"  Jimmy Caravan  Hey Jude  (Vault)

"The Deacon"  Brute Force  Brute Force  (Embryo)

"Dr. Gasca"  Luis Gasca  Born to Love You  (Fantasy)

"Sunshine Lady"  Peter King  African Dialects  (Secret Stash)

"Pretty Music"  The Stark Reality  Roller Coaster Ride  (Now Again)

"Clouds"  The Stark Reality  Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (Now Again)

"Theme from Say Brother"  The Stark Reality  Acting,Thinking, Feeling  (Now Again)

"Leave Before the Gospel"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"Moshi Too"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"Abdullah & Abraham"  Chico Hamilton  Peregrinations  (Blue Note)

"Africa Talk to You The Asphalt Jungle"  Sly & The Family Stone  There's a Riot Goin' On  (Epic) 

"In The Beginning"  Timmy Thomas  Why Can't We Live Together  (Glades)

A very rare evening.

Back at it Wednesday night.  Barney Wilen's Moshi remains one of the most elusive LPs from the European scene.  In fact, I've never seen a copy let alone own one!  However, Germany's Sonorama Records just released a mess of unreleased tracks from the French tenorman's personal archives, appropriately named Moshi Too, so let's check out music from the legendary road trip.  Plus, more spirtual jazz from that great new album from Lance Ferguson's Menagerie, Numero's reissue of classic Syl Johnson and some Estonian jazzfunk from Jaan Kuman.

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So listen, Mr. DJ...keep those records playin'.

March 6, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"To Love Somebody"  Nina Simone  A Very Rare Evening  (PM)

"Can't Get Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Legacy/Light in the Attic)

"Dumpy Mama"  Sonny Stitt  Dumpy Mama  (Flying Dutchman)

"South Carolina"  Bus People Express  7 Inch  (Hotpie & Candy/Daptone)

"Zombizar Reloaded"  Barney Wilen  Moshi Too  (Sonorama)

"You Owe It To Yourself (parts I & II)"  J. J. Barnes  Born Again  (Perception)

"The Chosen"  Menagerie  They Shall Inherit  (Tru Thoughts)

"Bumpin' on Young Street"  Young-Holt Unlimited  Oh Girl  (Atlantic)

"Caprice"  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble  (Jazz Aggression)

"Popcorn '69"  Billy Ball & The Upsetters  7 Inch  (Apollo/Now Again)

"Is It Because I'm Black"  Syl Johnson  Is It Because I'm Black  (Twinight/Numero)

"Funky Situation"  Jimmy Ponder  While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (Cadet)

"Do Your Thing"  Mel Brown  I'd Rather Suck My Thumb  (Impulse)

"Caribbean Air"  Peter King  African Dialects  (Secret Stash)

"Rocking"  Scientist  The Best Dub Album in the World...  (Imprec)

"I & I Dub"  Augustus Pablo  Dubbing in a Africa  (Abraham)

"Giving Up Food for Jah"  The Lions  Jungle Struttin'  (Ubiquity)

"Feelin' Alright"  Trinidad Oil Company  Blue Juice Vol. 2  (Blue Note)

Back on the scene (1st Mt. Airy Groove)

And we're back with a fresh new name, but the same funky vinyl grooves you've come to expect on Wednesday nights.  The long hiatus means we're bursting at the seams with new jams to bring your way.  Let's check out Secret Stash Records latest excavation, Peter King's African Dialects and a new one from Lance Ferguson, the leader of The Bamboos from Australia, as he makes a foray into spiritual jazz with his new band, Menagerie.  Plus, the debut of an unreleased album from Kenny Cox on the legendary Strata label and some music from Light in the Attic's incredible Marcos Valle reissue series. 

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Back on the scene, crispy & clean.

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Light My Fire"  Jackie Wilson  Super Breaks  (BGP)

"Up Above the Rock"  Ray Bryant  Up Above the Rock  (Cadet)

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"  Shirley Scott  Lean On Me  (Cadet)

"Wheels"  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble  Jaan Kuman Instrumental Ensemble (Jazz Aggression)

"Cuttin' Out (On Me)"  Lee Fields  Let's Talk It Over  (Truth & Soul)

"Leroy & The Lion"  Menagerie  They Shall Inherit  (Tru Thoughts)

"Samba de Romance"  Kenny Cox  Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise  (Strata/180 Proof)

"Gibraltar"  Till Brönner   Till Brönner  (Verve Germany)

"The Uptowner"  Donald Byrd  Fancy Free  (Blue Note)

"Mentira"  Marcos Valle  Previsão do Tempo  (Light in the Attic/Odeon)

"Tamanco no Samba"  Orlandivo  Orlandivo  (Kindred Spirits)

"African Dialects"  Peter King  African Dialects  (Secret Stash)

"Fa No Dem Ara"  Gyedu-Blay Ambolley  Simigwa  (Academy LPs/Voodoo Funk)

"Superwoman"  Stevie Wonder  Music of my Mind  (Tamla)

"Do I Have To?"  Alphonse Mouzon  By All Means  (Pausa)

"Organ Donor (extended overhaul)"  DJ Shadow  12 Inch  (Mo' Wax)

"To Know You Is To Love You"  Syreeta  Syreeta  (MoWest)

Pound for pound.

Jazz burners going down at the Junction Wednesday night.  Got some good ones comin', including the weird guitar of George Freeman, Sonny Rollins gets his mid 70s groove on and a set of Texas funk from Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen.  Be there!
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January 9, 2013

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label)

"It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"  Billy Preston  Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music  (A&M)

"Here Comes the Sun"  Monty Alexander  Here Comes the Sun  (MPS)

"Minor Impulse"  Ike Quebec  Blue & Sentimental  (Blue Note)

"Blind Man Blind Man"  Dave Pike  Jazz for the Jet Set  (Atlantic)

"Honeybuns"  The Duke Pearson Nonet  Honeybuns  (Atlantic)

"Mantra Dance"  Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Band  Hard Luck Soul  (Aragorn/Jazzman)

"Sarava"  Baden Powell  Tristeza on Guitar  (MPS)

"La Gigantona"  Alfonso Lovo  La Gigantona  (Numero)

"Turn Me Loose"  Charlie Hunter & Pound for Pound  Return of the Candyman  (Blue Note)

"Cold Bair"  Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One  Energy Control Center  (Lightin')

"Sweet Ray"  Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen  Country Fried Chicken  (Lightin')

"The Phantom"   Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One  The Funky 16 Corners  (Stonesthrow)

"Birth Sign"  George Freeman  Birth Sign  (Delmark)

"Ekim"  Michal Urbaniak Group  The Beginning  (Catalyst)

"Playin' in the Yard"  Sonny Rollins  Sonny Rollins' Next Album  (Milestone)

"Beautiful Day"  Spider Harrison  The Funky 16 Corners  (Stonesthrow)

Best of the rest.

Still got leftovers in my sack from last week's Best of 2012 show, so let's see what remains from a great year of vinyl releases, including a whole set from the Jazzman label (yes, this means more Greg Foat!).  Plus, some great live late era Art Pepper, Get On Down's reissue of the lost Archie Whitewater album, and a final salute to Fontella Bass.

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2013...so fresh & so clean.

January 2, 2013

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Delta Lady"  Geoffrey Stoner  Watch Out!  (Ovation)

"Cross Country"  Archie Whitewater  Archie Whitewater  (Get On Down/Cadet Concept)

"Driven Omens"  Oregon & Elvin Jones  Together  (Vanguard)

"Driftwood"  Menahan Street Band  The Crossing  (Dunham/Daptone)

"I Need Love"  Fontella Bass  Free  (Jewel/Paula)

"Let God Come First"  Azanyah  The One  (Jazzman)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part v)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Yeah You Are"  Greg Foat Group  Dark is the Sun  (Jazzman)

"Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need"  Hilton Felton  The Best of Hilton Felton 1970-74  (Jazzman/Hilton's Concept)

"Crystals"  Thom Janusz  Ronn Foerella...Moves!  (Ubiquity/Luv-n-Haight)

"Spanish Joint"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Virgin/Modern Classic Recordings)

"Confusion"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones  Sweetback  (Luv-n-Haight/Joka)

"Funky Twitch"  Roy Porter Sound Machine  The Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine  (Tramp)

"Farewell to Ibusa"  Afro Funk  Body Music  (Tropic Vibe/Secret Stash)

"Congo"  Os Ipanemas  Os Ipanemas  (CBS/Mr. Bongo)

"Mambo Koyama"  Art Pepper  Neon Art: Volume Two  (Widow's Taste/Ominvore)

"Rescue Me"  Fontella Bass  7 Inch  (Eric/Chess)

Best of 2012

With NYE right around the corner, it's time for the best of new vinyl releases of 2012, plus some key reissues & comps. Who will make the cut? Drop by Wednesday night to find out!

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Tonight we're gonna party like it's...

December 26, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Moonlight Mile"  Lee Fields  Faithful Man  (Truth & Soul)

"Shambala"  Beastie Boys  In Sound From The Way Out!  (Grand Royal)

"The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four  (Freestyle)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part 1)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers EP  (Jazzman)

"Soul Sides"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Chicken Grease"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Modern Classics/Virgin)

"Shootin' Dice"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Girlfriend"  The Filthy Six  The Fox  (Acid Jazz)

"But It's Alright"  The Sugarman 3  What the World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Stay Away"  Charles Bradley  7 Inch  (Dunham/Daptone)

"Him Belly No Go Sweet"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Spin"  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  (Honest Jons)

"Nobody Can Live Forever"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

"I'll Slip Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Light in the Attic/Legacy)

"I'll Get Along"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor)

"Take One"  Will Sessions  Mix Takes EP  (Fat Beats)

"Sweet Power of Your Embrace"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro)

"The Lope Song"  Eddie Russ  Fresh Out  (Jazz Masters/Soul Jazz)

Variety is the spice.

Indeed, a variety of funky vinyl grooves goin' down at the Junction.  Got a Heavenly Sweetness Blue Note reissue of a lost Grant Green date, Argentinian fusion on the Numero label and a coupla tracks from the few lps drummer Louis Hayes released as a leader.  Plus, D'angelo's Voodoo just got the deluxe reissue from Modern Classics/Light in the Attic!  Stop by for a spell Wednesday night.

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Jazz (we've got).

December 19, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"White Rabbit"  Gabor Szabo & The California Dreamers  Wind Sky & Diamonds  (Impulse)

"Green Jeans"  Grant Green  Matador  (Blue Note/Heavenly Sweetness)

"I Can See Clearly Now"  The Junior Mance Touch  The Junior Mance Touch  (Polydor)

"Bring It On Home To Me"  Aretha Franklin  Soul '69  (Atlantic)

"Little Sunflower"  The Louis Hayes Group  Variety is the Spice  (Gryphon)

"Olea"  Louis Hayes  Breath of Life  (Muse)

"Hamba Nami"  Cannonball Adderley  Phenix  (Fantasy)

 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Quincy Jones  Gula Matari  (A&M)

"Devil's Pie"  D'Angelo  Voodoo  (Modern Classic Recordings/Virgin)

"Pzancai"  Ceccarelli/Chantereau/Padovan/Pezin  CCPP  (Flamophone/Vadim)

"Clear Skies Select Stick"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Tropical Jazz"  Alfonso Lovo  La Gigantona  (Numero)

"Flying to L.A."  Arthur Verocai  Timeless: March 15, 2009  (Mochilla)

"Amor Em Jacuma"  Cravo & Cavela  Preco de Cada Um  (Mr. Bongo)

"Theme From Hong Kong"  Lee Perry-The Mighty Upsetter  Kung Fu Meets The Dragon  (Justice)

"Home Again"  Archie Whitewater  Archie Whitewater  (Get On Down/Cadet Concept)

"Sounds of Feelings"  Joachim Kuhn & Rolf Kuhn  Bloody Rockers  (BYG/WahWah)

"Directly From My Heart to You"  The Mothers of Invention  Weasels Ripped My Flesh  (Bizarre)

"Corruption is the Thing"  Creations Unlimited  Chains & Black Exhaust  (Memphix)

Girl & robot with flowers.

Keyboard heavy grooves goin' down at the Junction Wednesday night.  The Greg Foat Group returns with another great analogue recording and it's just as great as last year's debut!  Plus, we learned about Dave Brubeck's passing just before leaving for last week's show, so let's pay proper tribute to a true legend in jazz.  And the usual vinyl-only madness will ensue, including scores from the Philadelphia Record Riot...see you then!

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All the squares go home.

December 12, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Femme Fatale"  Aloe Blacc  Good Things  (Stonesthrow)

"Blue Rondo a la Turk"  Dave Brubeck Quartet  Time Out  (Columbia)

"The Sermon on the Mount"  Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan  Live at the Berlin Philharmonic  (Columbia)

"Polka Dots & Moonbeams/It Could Happen to You"  Dave Brubeck  All The Things You Are  (Atlantic)

"Girl & Robot with Flowers (part vi)"  The Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot With Flowers  (Jazzman)

"Sister Serene"  George Duke  I Love the Blues--She Heard My Cry  (MPS)

"Voodoo Woman"  Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes  Expansions  (Flying Dutchman)

"Earth (Still Our Only Home)"  Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer  Like Children  (Nemperor)

"It Could Be Better"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Henceforth"  Roy Ayers Ubiquity  Red Black & Green  (Polydor)

"Foodstamps"  The 24-Carat Black  Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth  (Stax)

"Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need)  Howard Roberts  Guilty!!  (Capitol)

"Satan"  Jon Lucien  Rashida  (RCA)

"I'll Slip Away"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Legacy/Light in the Attic)

"I'm So Thankful"  Eugene Blacknell  We Can't Take Life for Granted  (Luv-n-Haight)

"Low Down Popcorn/Spinning Wheel"  James Brown  Sex Machine  (King)

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"  The Temptations  Cloud Nine  (Gordy)

Power of Soul.

Stop by the Junction Wednesday night for some great new vinyl grooves.  Out of nowhere, the Greg Foat Group returns with an EP close on the heels of last year's now classic release and in anticipation of a full length coming out in the next two weeks.  But that's not all!  The Menahan Street Band just released their 2nd album, Finnish reedman Timo Lassy's got a new one, and we'll spin the soundtrack to Searching for Sugarman, a documentary about the enigmatic folk/funk of the elusive Rodriguez.  Plus, a batch of Hendrix covers celebrating the man's 70th birthday!
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Eat sardines...and pork & beans.

November 28, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Angel"  Stanley Jordan  Magic Touch  (Blue Note)

"Blue Bossa"  Milt Jackson/Joe Pass/Ray Brown  The Big 3  (Pablo)

"Naquela Base"  Joao Donato  Sambou Sambou  (Pacific Jazz)

"Pregao"  Tamba Trio  Tempo  (Philips/Universal Sound)

"Nana"  Os Ipanemas  Os Ipanemas  (CBS/Mr. Bongo) 

"Shootin' Dice"  Timo Lassy  In With Lassy  (Schema)

"Girl & Robot with Flower (part 1)"  Greg Foat Group  Girl & Robot with Flowers EP  (Jazzman)

"Everyday a Dream"  Menahan Street Band  The Crossing  (Dunham)

"Crucify Your Mind"  Rodriguez  Searching for Sugarman OST  (Light in the Attic)

"Third Stone from the Sun"  John Klemmer  Blowin' Gold  (Cadet Concept)

"Crosstown Traffic"  Phil Upchurch  Upchurch  (Cadet)

"Power of Soul"  Idris Muhammad  Power of Soul  (Kudu)

"Som Imaginario de Jimi Hendrix"  The Pops  Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychadelic Masterpieces 1967-76  (Tropicalia in Furs)

"Message of Love"  Band of Gypsys  Band of Gypsys  (Capitol)

"Heywete"  Mulatu Astatke  Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits  (L'Arome)

"Madjap Express"  Masabumi Kikuchi  One-Way Traveler  (Columbia)

"Physical Love"  Eddie Hazel  Game, Dames & Guitar Thangs  (Warner)

"Outa-Space"  Billy Preston  I Wrote a Simple Song  (A&M)

"Jimi Diggin' Cats"  Digable Planets  Reachin' (a new refutation of time & space)  (Pendulum/Elektra)

Fewsh Junction returns!

What would happen if Black Sabbath, TV on the Radio, and Soft Machine had a baby?  The evil progeny would be a two headed monster called Fewsh Junction!  Yes, join me Wednesday night as the infamous Fewsh, Monday nights from 6pm-8pm here on GtownRadio, sits for another two hour musical discussion.  Check out the original madness here!
Soul Junction and Fewsh: almost as fitting a combo as thinly veiled nudity and absinthe.  We promise to stay clothed, but make no promises about the absinthe.

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Tea for two & two for tea.

November 14, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Stay Away"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 Inch  (Dunham)

"Richard Pryor Addresses a Tearful Nation"  Joe Henry  Scar  (Mammoth)

"Can't Catch the Trane"  Terry Callier   I Just Can't Help Myself  (Cadet)

"Third Man Theme"  The Band  Moondog Matinee   (Capitol)

"It's My Time"  The Mynah Birds  7 Inch  (VIP/Motown)

"Moon Beam"  James "Blood" Ulmer  Black Rock  (Columbia)

"Temptation"  Prince  Around the World in a Day  (Paisley Park)

"Emperor's Main Course in Cantonese"  Kid Koala  10 Inch  (Ninja Tune)

"Godly Intersects"  Of Montreal  False Priest  (Polyvinyl)

"As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still"  Soft Machine  Volume Two  (Probe/ABC)

"Synthesis Side One: Tape Studies 1-4"  Herbert Deutsche   ????

"Deep Gully"  Mr. Chop  Switched On  (Five Day Weekend/NowAgain)

"I Give Up"  Jules & The Polar Bears  Fenetiks  (Wounded Bird)

"One More Night"  Can   Ege Bamyasi  (United Artists)

"Toiling"  Albert Ayler  The Last Album  (Impulse)

"Size 10.5 Sneaks"  Bill Frisell & Vernon Reid  Smash & Scatteration  (Rykodisc)

"Somebody's Calling My Name"  Baby Grandmothers  Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads & Dirges 1968-74  (NowAgain)

"Millions Are Getting Killed"  Lilly Greenham  Tendentious Neo-Semantics  (???)

"Sesame Street"  Blow Fly  Ultimate Breaks & Beats  (Street Beat)
 

Story of the hurricane.

The Frankenstorm kept me out of the studio last week, but not even the new storm brewin' can shut me out tonight!  Got a whole show of hurricane related tunes to spin, including music from Phil Upchurch, Rahsaan, Walter Wanderley, and of course, Weather Report.  Dry off & come on in!

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When the levee breaks, got nowhere to stay.

November 7, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Gimme Shelter"  Merry Clayton  Gimme Shelter  (Ode)

"Emotional Weather Report"  Tom Waits  Nighthawks at the Diner  (Elektra)

"Come Rain or Come Shine"  Bill Evans Trio  Portrait in Jazz  (Riverside)

"The Eye of the Hurricane"  Herbie Hancock  Maiden Voyage  (Blue Note)

"Keeps on Raining"  Billie Holiday  The Billie Holiday Story  (Decca)

"Wind Song"  Wes Montgomery  Down Here on the Ground  (A&M)

"Rain"  Walter Wanderley  Rain Forest  (Verve)

"Stormy"  The Meters  The Meters  (Josie)

"Stormy"  Duke Pearson featuring Flora Purim  It Could Only Happen With You  (Blue Note)

"Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head"  Charlie Earland  Black Drops  (Prestige)

"Hurricane"  Shuggie Otis  Here Comes Shuggie Otis  (Epic)

"Ain't No Sunshine"  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  Blacknuss  (Atlantic)

"Darkness, Darkness"  Phil Upchurch  Darkness, Darkness  (Blue Thumb)

"I Can't Stand the Rain"  Ann Peebles  I Can't Stand the Rain  (Hi/Fat Possum)

"Blowin' in the Wind"  Stanley Turrentine  Common Touch  (Blue Note)

"Hurricane Jane"  Joe Farrell  Penny Arcade  (CTI)

"Windy C"  Ahmad Miller  Ahmad's First  Ahmad's First  (Stonesthrow)

"Flood in Franklin Park"  Grant Green  Live at the Lighthouse  (Blue Note)

"Spanish Moss-A Sound Portrait: Flash Flood"  Billy Cobham  Crosswinds  (Atlantic)

"Palladium"  Weather Report  Heavy Weather  (Columbia)

 "Purple Rain"  Prince  7 Inch  (Warner Bros.)  

Born under a bad sign.


And we're back with vinyl grooves, Wednesday night at the Junction.  Got some killer bossa jazz from Dom Salvador & Os Ipanemas, reissued on the great Mr. Bongo label.  Dig some blues from Albert King, spiritual jazz from Marion Brown and some funk from Benin from El Rego.  Come on in!

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Still listening to wax, I'm not using the CD.


October 24, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Hang On Sloopy"  Ramsey Lewis  Newly Recorded All-Time Non Stop Golden Hits  (Columbia)

"She Shot Me Down"  John Lee Hooker  The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker  (Vee Jay)

"You've Been Talkin' 'Bout Me Baby"  Donald Byrd  Up With Donald Byrd  (Verve)

"Gospel Groove"  Shuggie Otis  Here Comes Shuggie Otis  (Epic)

"Cutting the Mustard"  Revolutionary Blues Band   Revolutionary Blues Band  (Coral)

"Crosscut Saw"  Albert King  Born Under a Bad Sign  (Stax/Sundazed)

"Maimoun"  Marion Brown  Vista  (Impulse)

"Road Song"  Pat Martino  The Visit!  (Cobblestone)

"First Come, First Serve"  Ramon Morris  Sweet Sister Funk  (Groove Merchant)

"Black Whip"  Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones  Black Whip  (Prestige)

"Nuttin' Up"  Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm  A Black Man's Soul  (Funky Delicacies)

"Consolacao"  Os Ipanemas  Os Ipanemas  (CBS/Mr. Bongo)

"Tematrio"  Dom Salvador Trio  Salvador Trio  (Mocambo/Mr. Bongo)

"Nobody Can Live Forever"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia (Luaka Bop)

"Morning"  Azymuth  Azimuth  (Som Livre/Far Out)

"Xibaba"  Cal Tjader  Amazonas  (Fantasy)

"Night in Tunisia"  Hugh Masekela  I Am Not Afraid  (Blue Thumb)

"Africa Bump"  Enrique Lynch  Peruvian Funk  (Secret Stash)

"Dis-Moi Oui"  El Rego et ses Commandos  El Rego et ses Commandos  (Daptone)

"Philly Dog"  Herbie Mann  Live at the Whiskey A Go Go  (Atlantic) 

Rational Culture.

Dig the vinyl grooves of the Junction Wednesday night.   Got more from the excellent Tim Maia compilation from Luakabop, this time centering on his UFO cult years (!!!), plus more from the surprisingly satisfying Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine from Germany's Tramp records.  And a mix of Brazilian inspired madness, including Maia's nephew, Ed Motta, spare Rhodes from Adam Makowicz and a loooong one from Isaac Hayes, backed by the Bar-Kays!
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If you didn't you wouldn't be in here.  

October 10, 2012

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Love the One You're With"  The Meters  Kickback  (Sundazed)

"Sandu"  Brown/Roach, Inc.  Study in Brown  (Trip)

"Bus Ride"  Sam Most   Mostly Flute  (Xanadu)

"Your Feet's Too Big"  Hank Jones, Ray Brown & Jimmie Smith  Jones/ Brown/ Smith  (Concord)

"Soul Sides"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Seven for Five"  Adam Macowicz  Unit  (Polskie Nagrania)

"Vasvirag"   Binder Quintet  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 3: Modal, Esoteric & Ethereal Jazz from the European Underground 1963-72  (Jazzman)

"The Sidewalk"  David T. Walker  The Sidewalk  (Revue)

"Jessica"  Roy Porter Sound Machine  The Story of Roy Porter Sound Machine 1971-75  (Tramp)

"Uncle Willie's Dream"  Paul Humphrey  America, Wake Up  (Blue Thumb)

"Tite Rope"  Harold Alexander  Sunshine Man  (Flying Dutchman)

"Rational Culture"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

"Papuera"  Ed Motta   Dwitza  (Whatmusic)

"Everybody Loves the Sunshine"  Seu Jorge & Almaz  Seu Jorge & Almaz  (Now Again)

"Lindo Sonho Delirante"  Fabio  Brazilian Fuzz Bananas: Tropicalia Psychadelic Classics 1967-76  (Tropicalia in Furs/World Psychedelic Classics)

"A Minha Menina"  Os Mutantes  Everything is Possible!: The Best of Os Mutantes  (Luaka Bop)

"Bold Soul Sister"  Ike & Tina Turner  16 Great Performances  (ABC)

"Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic"  Isaac Hayes  Hot Buttered Soul  (Enterprise)

"House Shoes"  The Bar-Kays  Soul Finger  (Atlantic)

Nobody can live forever.

Vinyl grooves going down at the Junction Wednesday night.  Luaka Bop reemerges with volume 4 of the great World Psychedelic Classics series, this time highlighting the existential Brazilian soul of Tim Maia. Plus, the last remaining track on the Antibalas album, a killer new compilation of funky drummer Roy Porter from Germany's Tramp Records, and the Michael Kiwanuka track that got boxed out by Fela last week!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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Stop on by...you're welcome.

October 3, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Gimme Some Lovin'"   Funk, Inc.  Priced to Sell  (Prestige)

"Cry Me a River"  J.J. Johnson  First Place  (Columbia)

"Trick Hips"  Bobby Timmons with Johnny Lytle  Workin' Out!  (Prestige)

"Lullaby of the Leaves"  Grant Green  Grant's First Stand  (Blue Note)

"I'll Get Along"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor/Interscope)

"Hip City"  Roy Porter Sound Machine  The Story of the Roy Porter Sound Machine 1971-75  (Tramp)

"Happiness Is..."  Melvyn Price  Rhythm & Blues  (Wax Poetics)

"Love Offering"  Buddy Terry  Lean On Him  (Mainstream)

"Manteca"  Dizzy Gillespie  The Source  (Jazzman)

"Quer Queira, Quer Nao Queira"  Tim Maia  Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia  (Luaka Bop)

"Just for a Moment"  George Danquah  Hot & Jumpy  (Tropic Vibe/Secret Stash)

"Sare Kon Kon"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"You Goin' Miss Your Candyman"  Terry Callier  What Color is Love  (Cadet)

"City, Country, City"  War  The World is a Ghetto  (United Artists)

"Lonely Town, Lonely Street"  Bill Withers  Still Bill  (Sussex) 

Atoned & attuned.

And we're back, cleansed of all sin, but still packing some dirty grooves.  Dig the Junction Wednesday night for the debut of Michael Kiwanuka's excellent new LP, which came out in January, but only recently got a U.S. vinyl release.  Plus, late 70s sweetness from Leo's Sunshipp, percussion heavy grooves from Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, and more from volume 3 of the great Spiritual Jazz series from Jazzman Records!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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September 26, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Summer in the City"  Dee Felice Trio  In Heat  (Starday/King)

"Cadets"  Jukka Eskola  Walkover  (Ricky-Tick)

"Summer Song"  Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen   Jaywalkin'  (Inner City)

"Bones"  Michael Kiwanuka  Home Again  (Polydor/Interscope)

"Bosna Calling"  Dusko Goykovic  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 2: Modal, Esoteric & Deep European Jazz 1960-78 (Jazzman)

"Barrio Chino"  Dennis Wiley  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 3: Modal, Esoteric & Ethereal Jazz from the European Underground 1963-72 (Jazzman)

"Berimbau"  Wanda de Sah & the Sergio Mendes Trio  Brasil '65  (Capitol)

"Soul Samba"  Bola Sete  At the Monterrey Jazz Festival   (Verve)

"Zumbi"  Jorge Ben  A Tabua de Esmeralda  (Philips)

"One for the Masses"  The Grasella Oliphant Quartette  The Grass Roots  (Atlantic)

"Up From the Skies"  The Gil Evans Orchestra  Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix  (RCA Victor)

"Sweatin' It"  Eric Kloss  Doors  (Cobblestone)

"Give Me the Sunshine"  Leo's Sunshipp  We Need Each Other  (Lyon's)

"Hey Hey Hey"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro/Lucifer)

"Last Bongo in Belgium"  Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band  Bongo Rock  (Pride/MGM)

"Him Belly No Go Sweet"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Who No Know Go Know"  Fela & Africa '70  Everything Scatter  (Kalakuta)

Ode to Billie Joe.

Good stuff going down at the Junction Wednesday night as local musician and songwriter Brian Kors of the Midnighters Band sits in with a guitar & a stack of records.  Going to get deep into American soul, with some Howard Tate, Mavis Staples and Dyke & The Blazers lined up.

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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99 & a half just won't do.
September 5, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"For What It's Worth"  Lou Rawls  Blue Juice  (Capitol/Blue Note)

"Three-Four, The Blues"  Hank Garland  Jazz Winds From a New Direction  (Columbia)

"You Are Not Alone"  Mavis Staples  You Are Not Alone  (Anti)

"Ode to Billie Joe"  Lou Donaldson  Mr. Shing-a-Ling  (Blue Note)

"Funny"  Joe Hinton  7 Inch  (Backbeat)

"Neighbor Neighbor"  Jimmy Hughes  7 Inch  (Fame)

"Comin' Home Baby"  The City Champs  The Safecracker  (Electraphonic)

"Bullseye"  The Martinis  Late Late Party: Charles "Packy" Axton 1965-67  (USA/Light in the Attic)

"Mockingbird Sally"  Little Richard  7 Inch  (Reprise)

"Don't Let My Baby Ride"  O.V. Wright  7 Inch  (Backbeat)

"The Jealous Kind"  Delbert McClinton  The Jealous Kind  (Capitol)

"Used to be Love"  Lindell Hill  7 Inch  (Arch) 

"Heart of Gold"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 Inch  (Dunham)

"Just a Closer Walk With Thee"  Brian Kors   Live in the GtownRadio.com Studio!

"8 Days on the Road"  Howard Tate  Howard Tate  (Atlantic)

"Home in Your Heart"  Solomon Burke  The Best of Solomon Burke  (Atlantic)

"Broadway Combination"  Dyke & The Blazers  The Funky Broadway  (Dionysus)

"I'm Movin' On"  Timi Yuro  Timi Yuro's Greatest Hits  (Liberty)

"Take Yo' Praise"  Camille Yarbrough  7 Inch  (Vanguard/BGP)

"Need You"  Prince La La  7 Inch  (AFO)

"You, Bo Diddley"  Bo Diddley  The Black Gladiator  (Checker)

"Everybody Got To Believe in Somebody"  Sam & Dave  I Thank You  (Atlantic)

"Outskirts of Town"  Brian Kors   Live in the GtownRadio.com Studio!

"Got to Get Back to My Baby"  The Sugarman 3  What the World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Looking for a Home"  Little Buster  7 Inch  (Josie)

"Talkin' Loud & Saying Nothing (part 1)"  James Brown  7 Inch  (King)

"Wages of Sin"  Brian Kors   Live in the GtownRadio.com Studio! 

Song for my father.

Diggin' deep at the Junction Wednesday night.  Still more to hear from the new Antibalas & the electric Denson/Soulive tribute to Melvin Sparks, plus the debut of a tribute album from a group that goes by Spectrum Road , paying respects to the Tony Williams Lifetime and featuring Vernon Reid & Jack Bruce. And heavy sounds from Phil Woods & his European Rhythm Machine, Kingston influenced grooves from a long sought after MPS side from Monty Alexander & Ernest Ranglin, and an opening set for my dad, who would've turned 71 today.  See you then.

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
My pops used to say it reminded if him of bebop.


August 29, 2012


Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Oh, Pretty Woman"   Al Green  I'm Still in Love With You  (Hi)

"I've Got You Under My Skin"  Bill Evans & Jim Hall  Intermodulation  (Verve)

"Dilemma"  Modern Jazz Quartet  Space  (Apple)

"Song for my Father"  The Young Holt Trio  Wack Wack  (Brunswick)

"Somethin' Strange"   Baby Face Willette  Face to Face  (Doxy/Blue Note)

"Yellow Bird"  Monty Alexander  Rass!  (MPS)

"Brother Soul (part 1)"  Eddie Harris  The Reason Why I'm Talking Shit (Atlantic)

"Letha"  Charlie Earland  Black Drops  (Prestige)

"Let the Music Take Your Mind"  Kool & The Gang  The Best of Kool & The Gang  (Re-Lite)

"You Keep Me Hanging On"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  Doin' Our Thing  (Stax)

"Ibeji"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Spark"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Freedom Jazz Dance"  Eddie Jefferson  Things Are Getting Better  (Muse)

"Funky Skull (parts 1 & 2)  Melvin Jackson  Funky Skull  (Limelight)

"Sounds from the Village"  Phil Ranelin  Vibes from the Tribe  (Hefty/Tribe)

"Black Renaissance"  Black Renaissance  Body, Mind & Spirit  (Ubiquity/Luv-n-Haight)

"The Last Page Sans Melodie"   Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine  Phil Woods & His European Rhythm Machine   (Inner City)

"Wild Life"  Spectrum Road  Spectrum Road  (Palmetto)

Crazy legs.

And we're back.  New Antibalas locked & loaded.  Tribute to Melvin Sparks from Karl Denson & Soulive...check.  And the usual vinyl funkiness will ensue, including music from the Soulful Strings, Gary Bartz NTU Troop & Bobby Hutcherson.  Dig it!

Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
Back on the scene, crispy & clean.
August 22, 2012
 
Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):
"Lowdown in Lodi"  Freddie King  Texas Cannonball  (Shelter)

"Nardis"  Richard Davis  Fancy Free  (Galaxy)

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"  Rufus Harley  A Tribute to Courage  (Atlantic)

"Philadelphia Bright"  Walter Bishop, Jr.  Soul Village  (Muse)

"Black Maybe"  Gary Bartz NTU Troop  Juju Street Songs  (Prestige)

"Povo"  Karl Denson & Soulive  Spark!  (Royal Family)

"Right On"  Marvin Gaye  What's Going On  (Tamla)

"1974 Blues"  the Coolin' System  the Coolin' System  (GED Soul)

"Rain Every Thursday"  Bobby Hutcherson  Natural Illusions (Blue Note)

"The Rat Catcher"  Antibalas  Antibalas  (Daptone)

"Darkest Light"  The Lafayette Afro Rock Band  Malik  (As the Record Turns)

"Ifetayo"  Black Truth Rhythm Band  Ifetayo (Loves Excels All)  (Soundway)

"Hey Western Union Man"  The Soulful Strings  Play Gamble-Huff  (Cadet)

"Nanzee"  Donald Austin  Crazy Legs  (Eastbound)

"Jealous Moon"  The Sugarman 3  What The World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Guiding Resolution"  Poets of Rhythm  Discern/Define  (Quannum Projects)

"Across the Tracks (part 1)"  The Believers  7 Inch  (Brownstone)

"I Just Want to Make Love to You"  Cold Blood  Cold Blood  (San Francisco)

"Tighten Up"  The Bamboos  Step It Up  (Tru Thoughts)
 

Dusty fingers.

Blame James Mason 'cause we're still in a sweet '70s groove at the Junction. We'll hear yet another great track from Mason's impossibly rare but recently reissued opus, Rhythm of Life, in addition to some other great tracks in the same vein from Miroslav Vitous & Matthew Larkin Cassell.  Plus, heavy sounds from Woody Shaw and fonky flute from Jeremy Steig and a happy birthday to Jerry Garcia via Merl Saunders, all spun on 100% vinyl...natch.

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
If you get confused listen to the music play.

August 1, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"After Midnight"  Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia   Fire Up!  (Fantasy)

"Memories of Georgia"    Thom Janusz    Ronn Forella...Moves!  (Ubiquity)

"Soulsides"   Art Farmer   Gentle Eyes   (Mainstream)

"When You Are Who You Are"  Gil Scott-Heron  Pieces of a Man  (Flying Dutchman)

"Grunt"  Owen Marshall  Captain Puff in the Naked Truth  (Jazzman/Aditi)

"Nana Imboro"  Wroblewski Jazz Quintet   Spiritual Jazz Vol. 2: Europe  (Jazzman)

"Ene Alantchi Alnorem"  Mulatu Astatke featuring Fekade Amde Maskal   Ethio Jazz    (L'Arome)

"New World"  Woody Shaw   Blackstone Legacy  (Contemporary)

"Brotherhood of Man"  Kelenkye Band  Moving World  (Superfly/Emporium)

"Stanley's Tune"  Airto   Virgin Land  (Salvation)

"Funk You Very Much"  Volker Kriegel & Mild Maniac Orchestra   Octember Variations  (MPS)

"Free"   James Mason   Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro/Lucifer)

"In My Life"  Matthew Larkin Cassell  The Complete Works  (Stonesthrow)

"Aim Your Eye"  Miroslav Vitous  Magical Shepherd  (Warner)

"You've Got To Make The Choice"  The Sisters Love  Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's MoWest Story 1971-1973  (MoWest/Light in the Attic)

"Berumba"  Jackson Conti   Sujinho  (Kindred Spirits)

"Quanga"  Jeremy Steig   Temple of Birth  (Columbia)

"Fire, Fire"  Phil Flowers & His United Family  Alpha & Omega  (Funky Delicacies)

"The Devil Made Me Do It"  Rasputin Stash  Curtom Club Classics: Funk-Soul Brothers & Sisters Vol. 2  (Curtom/Sequel)

Sly like a fox.

Dig it, good stuff going down at the Junction tonight.  More from the great new release from the Filthy Six, in addition to one from their 2010 debut.  Plus, a classic from Sam & Dave, heavy sounds from the Electric Prunes, George Benson's take on the Beatles' Abbey Road, and a blowing session from the "Wailin' Mailman," Buck Hill!  Stop by!   Plus, rockin' fresh new needles, courtesy of The Needle Doctor.  Special thanks to Pat for his help!  And happy birthday to DJ Lippy!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
Don't let your problems get you down...there's a DJ in your town.

July 25, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35"   Bob Thiele & His New Happy Times Orchestra  Light My Fire  (Impulse)

"Dear Old Stockholm"  Miles Davis  Forever Miles  (Columbia)

"Monticello"  Monty Alexander Trio   We've Only Just Begun  (MPS)

"Brakes"   Buck Hill Quartet  Easy To Love  (Steeplechase)

"China Doll"  Leon Thomas  Facets: The Legend of Leon Thomas  (Flying Dutchman)

"L & J"  Johnny "Hammond" Smith  What's Going On  (Prestige)

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"  George Benson  The Other Side of Abbey Road  (A & M)

"Nora Se Va"  Bronx River Parkway & Candela All Stars  San Sebastian 152  (Truth & Soul/Candela)

"The Fingerbite"  The Filthy Six  The Filthy Six  (Acid Jazz)

"Down Frenchman St."  The Filthy Six  The Fox  (Acid Jazz)

"Broke Down Piece of Man"  Sam & Dave  Soul Men  (Stax)

"Cherrystones"  Jimmy Smith  Sit On It  (Mercury)

"Blackbyrd"  Donald Byrd  Blackbyrd  (Blue Note)

"Funny Girl"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro/Shout)

"Young Embrace"  Azymuth  Light as a Feather  (Milestone)

"Spinnin'"  Bernard Wright  'Nard  (Arista/GRP)

"General Confessional"  The Electric Prunes  Release of an Oath  (Reprise)

"California Dreamin'"  Baby Huey  Living Legend: The Baby Huey Story  (Curtom)

"Organ Donor"  Lefties Soul Connection  7 Inch  (Melting Pot Music)

Moves.

Postponed until 11:30am today...join me for a special daytime edition of the Junction!
Keyboard heavy show looming tonight at the Junction.  Still got a lotta recent vinyl releases to revisit, including Ronn Forella Moves!, Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Filthy Six, and Hilton Felton, plus a new Heavenly Sweetness reissue of a Belgian group called Solis Lacus.  And yes...we will spin triumphantly some more from the great James Mason!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
Plug me in like I was Eddie Harris.

July 19, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Hey, Good Lookin'"  Ray Charles  Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music  (ABC-Paramount)

"The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four  (Freestyle)

"Communion"  Erich Kleinschuster Sextett  Spiritual Jazz Vol. 2: Europe  (Jazzman)

"Little Green Man"  Solis Lacus  Solis Lacus  (Heavenly Sweetness/Best Seller)

"Zapovednik"  Pavel Sysoyev  Soviet Funk Vol. 1  (Secret Stash)

"Little Miss Lover"  Robert Walter  Spirit of '70  (Greyboy)

"Mithra Plane 2"  Thom Janusz  Ronn Forella...Moves!  (Luv n' Haight/Ubiquity)

"Nasty Soul"  Black Nasty  Talking to the People  (Enterprise)

"Stop"  Hugh Masekela  The Promise of a Future  (Uni)

"Midnight Boogaloo"  The Filthy Six  The Fox  (Acid Jazz)

"Frankincense & Myrrh"  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  (Honest Jon's)

"Dream Come True (part 2)"  Hilton Felton  The Best of Hilton Felton 1970-'74  (Hilton's Choice/Jazzman)

"Sunbeams"  Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes   Reflections of a Golden Dream  (Flying Dutchman)

"Slick City"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Chiaroscuro/Lucifer)

"Space-a-Nova"   Stanton Davis' Ghetto/Mysticism  Brighter Days  (Outrageous/Cultures of Soul)

"Actual Proof"  Herbie Hancock  Thrust  (Columbia)

"Crosswind"  Billy Cobham  Crosswinds  (Atlantic)

"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"  Ann Peebles  I Can't Stand The Rain  (Fat Possum/Hi)

"Here I Am Baby"  Al Brown  300% Dynamite  (Studio One/Soul Jazz)

"Superstrut"  U.S. Navy Port Authority Soul Band  Be Free EP  (Sound of Champions)

"69 Freedom Special"  Buddy Miles Express  Electric Church  (Mercury)

"Make Me Believe in You (Black Science Orchestra re-edit)"  Patti Jo  12 Inch  (OST/EMI)

Rhythm of life.

Make a stop at the Junction tonight for 100% vinyl funkiness.  Two weeks off means we are brimming with new releases to bring your way.  Get ready for a new one from the Filthy Six, an album that pays homage to the classic Blue Note/Prestige organ funk albums of the late '60s.  Plus, a fantastic reissue of the ultra-rare Ron Forella...Moves! LP, which was originally created to accompany a NYC dance troupe performance.  But, best of all, James Mason's impossibly scarce masterpiece, Rhythm of Life, was just reissued by a Japan's Shout label, and since I never thought I'd come across a copy, let me tell you, it was worth the wait!  Come on in!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
I'm burning up...damn, it's hot.

July 11, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Girl of the North Country"  Howard Tate  Howard Tate  (Atlantic)

"Blow for the Crossing"  Billy Butler  Guitar Soul!  (Prestige)

"Who Do You Love"  Lee Fields  Faithful Man  (Truth & Soul)

"Love Went Away"  The Sugarman 3  What the World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"The Fox"  The Filthy Six  The Fox  (Acid Jazz)

"Crystals"  Thom Janusz  Ronn Forella...Moves!  (Luv n' Haight)

"Nubian Lady"  Bobbi Humphrey  Dig This!  (Blue Note)

"Brother Louie"  Roy Ayers  Virgo Red  (Polydor)

"Party Down"  Little Beaver  Party Down  (Cat)

"Party Down (part 2)"  Little Beaver  Party Down  (Cat) 

"Sweet Power of Your Embrace"  James Mason  Rhythm of Life  (Shout/Chiaroscuro)

"Try, Try, Try"  RAMP   Come Into Knowledge  (ABC)

"The Stranger (edit)"  C. Henry Woods Troupe  12 Inch  (Soul-Cal)

"In The Basement"  The Pharaohs  In The Basement  (Luv n' Haight/Ubiquity)

"Chicken Heads"  Black Heat  Black Heat  (Atlantic)

"Hot No Ho"  The Lions  Jungle Struttin'  (Ubiquity)

"Mpondolo"  Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya  Wings of Africa  (M.O.T./Now Again)

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One & done.

Beat the heat and dig some sweet vinyl grooves tonight at the Junction.  Got some Gambian funk from Guelewar, dubbed "an acid trip from Banjul to Dakar" and compiled for the first time by the always fine Kindred Spirits label.  Also, more from Volume 2 of the Spiritual Jazz compilation from Jazzman and Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.  Plus, a new reissue of Ann Peebles thumpin' I Can't Stand The Rain and a few from Allen Toussaint. 

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
The record ends and we begin again.


June 20, 2012

Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Satisfaction"  Otis Redding   History of Otis Redding  (Atco)

"White Mountain"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four  (Freestyle)

"Pigling Brand"  Soft Machine  5  (Columbia)

"Brother Man"  Renato Sellani Trio  A Nostro Modo  (Carosello)

"Candy Clouds (part 2)"  Hans Dulfer & Ritmo-Natural   Spiritual Jazz Volume II: Europe  (Jazzman)

"Canto de Xango"  Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes  Bossa Nova & The Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s  (Soul Jazz)

"Cuernavaca"  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble   Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Honest Jons)

"Let Us Go (To Higher Heights)"  Carlos Garnet  Journey to Enlightenment  (Muse)

"Cariba"  Wes Montgomery  Full House  (Riverside)

"Do I Need You"  Ann Peebles  I Can't Stand The Rain  (Hi/Fat Possum)

"Your Friendly Neighborhood Sugarman"  The Sugarman 3  What The World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Electric Cooker"  The Soul Investigators  Home Cooking  (Timmion)

"Out of the City (Into Country Life)"  Allen Toussaint  Life, Love & Faith  (4 Men With Beards/Warner)

"9 'til 5"  The Meters  Look-Ka Py Py  (Josie)

"Worldwide"  Allen Toussaint  Southern Nights  (Reprise)

"Sama Yaye Demma N'Darr"  Guelewar  Touki Ba Banjul: Acid Trip From Banjul to Dakar  (Kindred Spirits)

"Better Change Your Mind"  William Onyeabor   Love's a Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa  (Luaka Bop/Stonesthrow)

"Take Two"  Will Sessions  Mix Takes EP  (Fatbeats)

Fathers & sons.

Just in time for Father's Day, Honest Jon's drops the first ever collaboration of Sun Ra alum Kelan Philip Cohran and his sons' globe trottin' Hypnotic Brass Ensemble!   Got a great eclectic set coming, highlighted by the likes of the Kelenkye Band, Piotr Fiegel, and a smoker by Johnny "Hammond" Smith.  Plus, after losing my copy of the 2nd volume of Jazzman's Spiritual Jazz comp to thieves, I've finally been able to track down another copy.  Dig it Wednesday night.

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
It's a family affair. 

June 13, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Dirty Water"  The Sugarman 3   What The World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Quiet Nights"  Joe Pass & Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen  Chops  (Pablo)

"The Phantom"  Duke Pearson  The Phantom  (Blue Note)

"Nao Tem Nada Nao"  Joao Gilberto  A Blue Donato  (Whatmusic)

"O Samba Tai"  Seu Jorge  Carolina  (Mr. Bongo)

"Africa Freakout"  Barney Wilen  Spiritual Jazz Volume II: Europe  (Jazzman)

"Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need"  Hilton Felton  The Best of Hilton Felton 1970-'74  (Jazzman/Hilton's Concept)

"Umbala"  Black Truth Rhythm Band  Ifetayo (Love Excells All)  (Soundway)

"Vietnam"  Jimmy Cliff  Wonderful World, Beautiful People  (A&M)

"Spin"  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble  (Honest Jons)

"Dig On It"  Johnny "Hammond" Smith  Black Feeling!  (Prestige)

"Sniadanie o Polnocy (Breakfast at Midnight)"  Piotr Fiegel  Piotr  (Polskie Nagrania)

"The Badger"  Connie Price & The Keystones  7 Inch  (Now Again)

"Jungle Music"  Kelenkye Band  Moving World  (Emporium/Superfly)

"Corner Crew Dub"  King Tubby  King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown  (Clocktower)

"Njia Walk (Street Walk)"  The Fatback Band  People Music  (Perception)

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What the world needs now.

Finally!  As promised, the Sugarman 3 and Hilton Felton lps have arrived and have been replaced, respectively, so it's time for Junction debuts!  Plus, we'll check out some releases and artists from classic late NYC funk labels like Daptone, Desco, Truth & Soul and Soul Fire, all of whom were instrumental in bringing deep funk and classic soul back to the people.   And we'll drop the needle on the rarest CTI record of them all, groove to some heavy funk from Mandrill and dig an outtake from that great Mickey Murray reissue from Secret Stash.  A funky good time!

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
Rolling...I know you got soul.

June 6, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"But It's Alright"  The Sugarman 3  What The World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Theme from Mad Men (A Beautiful Mine)"  The City Champs  The Set-Up  (Electraphonic)

"Detroit Twice"  El Michels Affair  Sound Out The City  (Truth & Soul)

"Faithful Man"  Lee Fields  Faithful Man  (Truth & Soul)

"Spreading Fever"  Hilton Felton  The Best of Hilton Felton 1970-'74  (Jazzman/Hilton's Concept)

"Bed of Nails"  Fats Theus  Black Out  (CTI)

"Wasteland"  Bernard Purdie  Purdie Good!  (BGP/Prestige)

"Mellow Meeting The Sugarman 3  What The World Needs Now  (Daptone)

"Ain't Nothing We Can Do About It"  Mickey Murray  People Are Together  (Secret Stash/King)

"Since Our Last Goodbye"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band   No Time For Dreaming  (Dunham)

"Heart of Gold"   Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 Inch  (Dunham)

"Pull My Cart"   The Sugarman 3  Soul Donkey  (Desco)

"Cornbread (part 1)"  The Other Side  (Don't Look Back) Behind The Shack  (Desco)

"Take It or Leave It"  Lee Fields  Let's Get a Groove On  (Desco)

"Toothpick"  The Mighty Imperials  7 Inch  (Desco)

"Eltsugh Ibal Lasiti"  The Darktaris  Soul Explosion  (Desco)

"Feeling Good"  Bama & The Family  7 Inch  (Lenar)

"King Cobra"  The Budos Band  The Budos Band II  (Daptone)

"N.E.S.T.A. '75"  Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra  Talkatif  (Ninja Tune)

"Fencewalk"  Mandrill  Composite Truth  (Polydor)

"Pick It Up Lay, It in the Cut"  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  7 Inch  (Daptone)

"Get It"  Herb Johnson Settlement  7 Inch  (Soul Fire)

"I Feel Right"  Joseph Henry  7 Inch  (Daptone)

"What The World Needs Now"  The Sugarman 3  What The World Needs Now  (Daptone)

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Live at the Lighthouse.

In this week's episode of Soul Junction...selections recorded live at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA. Join me for 2 hours of 100% live vinyl recordings from 1953-1972, including the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Grant Green, Lee Morgan, Cal Tjader, Joe Henderson, Charles Earland, Groove Holmes, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Elvin Jones, The Jazz Crusaders, The 3 Sounds, Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Quartet. 

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm.
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We are now having a cookin' session.

May 30, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"A Hard Day's Night"  The Ramsey Lewis Trio  Hang On Ramsey!  (Cadet)

"'Round Midnight"  The Lighthouse All-Stars featuring Miles Davis  At Last!  (Contemporary)

"Novamo"  Modern Jazz Quartet  Live at the Lighthouse  (Atlantic)

"Spinky"  Charles Earland  Live at the Lighthouse  (Prestige)

"Sack o' Woe"  The Cannonball Adderley Quintet  At The Lighthouse  (Riverside)

"X-77 Blues"  Richard "Groove" Holmes  X-77  (World Pacific)

"The Children, Save the Children"  Elvin Jones  Live at the Lighthouse  (Blue Note)

"Lady Madonna"  Cal Tjader  Plugs In at the Lighthouse  (Skye)

"Windjammer"  Grant Green  Live at the Lighthouse  (Blue Note)

"Still I'm Sad"  The 3 Sounds  Live at the Lighthouse  (Blue Note)

"Ooga-Boo-Ga-Loo"  The Jazz Crusaders  Lighthouse '68  (World Pacific)

"If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem"  Joe Henderson Quintet  If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem: Joe Henderson at the Lighthouse  (Milestone)

"Nommo"  Lee Morgan  Live at the Lighthouse  (Blue Note)

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A man for all reasons.

Had a couple new LPs lined up for you tonight, but one arrived warped and the other didn't arrive at all.  Still, I'll bring you a couple of tracks from the intended artists, including Hilton Felton and The Sugarman 3, with hopes of both making their debuts next week. Plus, it's Miles Davis' 86th birthday this weekend, and though we're saving the marathon for another time, we still have some classics and rarities pulled.  And the usual vinyl-only madness will ensue with music from Fugi (backed by Black Merda!), hose-a-phone from Owen Marshall, and more from Kool & Together!

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Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
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It doesn't matter what you wear...just as long as you are there.

May 23, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Out a Sight"  Sugarman Three  Soul Donkey  (Desco)

"If I Were a Bell"  Miles Davis  Milesin'  (Doxy)

"Gangaman"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four  (Freestyle)

"A Chant for Bu"  Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers  Buhaina  (BGP/Prestige)

"Bee Bop Boogie"  Hilton Felton  A Man For All Reasons  (Hilton's Concepts/Shout)

"Casa del Soul"  Owen Marshall  Captain Puff in the Naked Truth  (Aditi/Jazzman)

"Hand Jive (2nd alt take)"  Miles Davis  Forever Miles  (Columbia)

"Mary Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip"   Fugi   Mary Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip  (Funky Delicacies/Tuff City)

"Hey Now Baby"  Kool & Together  Kool & Together  (Heavy Light)

"I Got a Woman"  Black Merda  Long Burn the Fire  (Chess/Funky Delicacies/Tuff City)

"Circuito Ciuso"  Armando Sciascia  Pysch Funk 101: A Global Pysch-Funk Curriculum 1968-'75  (World Psychedelic Classics)

"Untitled"  The Heliocentric  Out There  (Now Again)

"Vitamin C"  Can  Ege Bamyasi Okraschoten  (United Artists)

"Shooting Stars"  Stark Reality  7 Inch  (Stonesthrow)

"Prelude/Maiyisha"  Miles Davis  Agharta  (Columbia/4 Men With Beards)

"Bustin' Loose (part 2)"  Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers  7 Inch  (Source)
***for Chuck Brown R.I.P.

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The naked truth.

Sweet grooves stopping by the Junction Wednesday night...so you should too!  I still can't stop listening to the amazing rediscovery of Azanyah by the deep diggin' folks over at Jazzman Records, so let's check that out, plus yet another wild Jazzman reissue from multi-instrumentalist Owen Marshall.  Sadly, Stax session legend and (almost) original M.G. Donald "Duck" Dunn passed away this week, so of course we'll pay respects.  But it's not all bad news!  We also got a sweet mix of percussion and keys on a new album from Jessica Lauren...and electric piano from Romano Mussolini (son of Benito!), 'Nawlins soul from Allen Toussaint, and one more for MCA because we ran out of time last week.  (ed note: it turned into three)

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10m
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Hot to trot...slicker than grease.

May 16, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Mrs. Robinson"  Booker T. & The M.G.'s  The Booker T. Set  (Stax)
***for Donald "Duck" Dunn

"Tem Do"  Wanda de Sah  Softly!  (Capitol)

"Autumn Leaves"  Romano Mussolini & His Friends  Soft & Swing  (Carosello)

"Jungle Plum"  Yusef Lateef  Gentle Giant  (Atlantic)

"Alexander's Rag Time Brand"  Ben Sidran  Feel Your Groove  (Capitol)

"The Name of Fela Will Always Stand for Freedom"  Jessica Lauren Four  Jessica Lauren Four (Freestyle)

"Pay Back Africa"  Antibalas  Who Is This America?  (Ropeadope/Daptone)

"Let God Come First"  Azanyah  The One  (Jazzman)

"Dark is the Sun (part 1-main theme)"  Greg Foat Group  Dark is the Sun  (Jazzman)

"Planet Funk"  Owen Marshall  In the Naked Truth  (Jazzman)

"Root Down (and Get It)"  Jimmy Smith  Root Down  (Verve)

"Loose Booty"  Sly & The Family Stone  Small Talk  (Epic)

"Son of a Preacher Man"  Mel Brown  Blues For We  (Impulse)

"Am I Expecting Too Much?"  Allen Toussaint  Life, Love & Faith  (Warner/4 Men With Beards)

"Stay Away"  Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band  7 Inch  (Dunham/Daptone)

"The Lope Song"  Eddie Russ & The Mixed Bag  Fresh Out!  (Soul Jazz/Universal Sound)

"The Bump"  George Freeman  Franticdiagnosis  (Luv n' Haight)

"Mama Roux"  Dr. John   New Orleans Funk: The Original Sound of Funk 1960-'75  (Soul Jazz)

"Superstition"  Ahmad Jamal  Ahmad Jamal '73  (20th Century)

"Three MC's & One DJ (Live Video Version)"  Beastie Boys  The Blow Up Factor EP  (Grand Royal)

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Yeah, that's right, my name's Yauch.

"If you're feelin' what I'm feelin', then it's a musical masterpiece."
Yeah, man...we felt it.

It's a sad day as MCA of the Beastie Boys passed away last week.   Join me Wednesday night for two hours of Beasties' classics, rarities and samples. 

Soul Junction
Wednesdays, 8pm-10pm
GtownRadio.com
Droppin' science like Galileo dropped an orange. 

May 9, 2012

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Playlist (Song/Artist/Album/Label):

"Big Shot"  Beastie Boys   7 Inch  (Capitol)

"Loran's Dance"  Idris Muhammad  Power of Soul  (CTI)

"Nonstop Disco Powerpack"  Beastie Boys  Hot Sauce Committee Part 2  (Capitol)

"Atma: Today/Tomorrow"  Michal Urbaniak's Fusion  Atma  (CBS)

"Gratitude"  Beastie Boys  Check Your Head  (Capitol)

"Children of the Earth Flames"  John Klemmer  Blowin' Gold  (Cadet/Concept)

"Freaks for the Festival"  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  The Case of the Three-Sided Dream in Audio Color  (Atlantic)

"Finger Lickin' Good"  Beastie Boys  Check Your Head  (Capitol)

"Electric Worm"  Beastie Boys  7 Inch  (Capitol)

"Loose Booty"  Willie Henderson  7 Inch  (Vampi Soul)

"Funky Snakefoot"  Alphonse Mouzon  Funky Snakefoot  (Blue Note)

"Get It Together"  Beastie Boys featuring Q-Tip  12 Inch  (Capitol)

"Headless Heroes"  Eugene McDaniels  Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse  (Atlantic)

"Howlin' for Judy"  Jeremy Steig  Legwork  (Solid State) 

"Put on Train"  Gene Harris   The 3 Sounds  (Blue Note)

"Sounds of Science"  Beastie Boys  Paul's Boutique  (Capitol)

"Rien Na Va Plus"  Funk Factory  Funk Factory  (Atco)

"Root Down"  Beastie Boys  Ill Communication  (Capitol)

"Paul Revere"  Beastie Boys  Licensed to Ill  (Capitol)

"Negotiation Limerick File"  Beastie Boys  Hello Nasty  (Capitol)

"Bodhisattva Vow"  Beastie Boys  Ill Communication  (Capitol)

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