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My history of the Latin soul label, Speed, is included in the new issue of Wax Poetics. I’ve written on Speed before but never in this complete detail, which includes quotes from a variety of people I interviewed, connected to the label, including Bobby Marin, Bobby Matos and Frankie Nieves.1 Speaking of Latin, UK’s Soundway has put up an awesome, interactive map of regional Colombian music styles. Special thanks to Mathew Warren for sharing his interview with Chuito Santiago. ↩
Polyrhythmatic was the 8th installment in my hip-hop mixtape series, originally released in 1998. This took me about five months to put together and all said, I’m still satisfied with most of my song choices here. There’s only a handful of tracks I’d probably swap out but for the most part, a lot of these still hold up for me. Side A: shape of the rhythm intro Continue reading AN EARLY HOLIDAY GIFT: A GREAT FROM ’98
The last few weeks have been a storm of activity around Soul Sides Central (the fruits of which labor will reveal themselves shortly) but I did have one great podcast in the bag that I finally as able to finish editing. I’ve been a fan of Mike James Kirkland since at least the mid-90s when his extraordinary solo album, Hang On In There was reissued by Luv N Haight. A masterpiece of socially engaged soul of its era, the LP was simply one of the many remarkable chapters in Kirkland’s career. An [...] Continue reading THE SIDEBAR #21: MIKE JAMES KIRKLAND
My dudes Josh B. Cause and Matthew Africa have put out their long awaited sequel to one of my favorite mixes of the last few years, Soul Boulders. Slow, funky soul cookers = unfadeable. Here’s the sampler: To order, go here.
A very very cool new package from the folks at Light in the Attic: they’ve recently turned their famous Seattle soul/funk anthology, Wheedle’s Groove into a 45s boxset which features 10 7″s highlighting songs/artists from the original comp. It’s a sick package, including replicated artwork for the 7″s which is always a nice touch, plus a bonus EP of Robbie Hill’s Family Affair’s unreleased sessions. Unfortunately, they can’t offer the boxset for a giveaway since it’s a limited edition item, BUT Light in the Attic will giveaway an original copy of anthology on CD. Also, [...] Continue reading WHEEDLE’S GROOVE GIVEAWAY
The folks at Cultures of Soul have a new CD/LP out – World’s Funkiest Covers – and obviously, this is of interest to moi! There’s some of my personal favorites on here, including Nostalgia 77′s wicked remake of “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes and, of course, Ray Barretto’s epic “Pastime Paradise” cover. You can peep some samples off the album below: (Purchase the comp here). Two things: 1) COS was nice enough to sponsor a CD giveaway for this new album. To enter, send us an email, subject [...] Continue reading “WORLD’S FUNKIEST COVERS” CD GIVEAWAY + UPCOMING GIG I mourn the way way way too early loss of Heavy D but he gave us all a gift a few weeks back with this performance. Also, this is the first Heavy D song I ever heard. I was always amazed at his sense of movement and dance skill despite his heft. …and of course, this song seems apropos. Originally written for Heavy D’s dancer, Trouble T Roy. I saw this footage the past weekend at the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, where I had a gig (which I forgot to list, oops) as part of a Tribute Night for Aretha Franklin. I love this so many different ways, especially the obvious chemistry between Smokey and Aretha. And Don Cornelius is at his deep voiced best too. BTW, I had a really incredible time. Not only did I get to DJ with MC Lyte(!) but I met some incredible staff at the HOF. To boot: I was on the same flight as Chaka Khan back [...] Continue reading “WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DUO” |
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