BETTY DAVIS CONTEST OVER

Congrats to:

Jeffreylmann16
Jeffreylincoln
wmccool79

for winning copies of Betty Davis’ Is It Love Or Desire?

MY ARETHA MIX


TRACKLIST:
1. “Drinking Again” – Aretha Franklin
2. “The Night Time is the Right Time” – Aretha Franklin
3. “Son of a Preacher Man” – Aretha Franklin
4. “Mr. Big” – Aretha Franklin
5. “Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin (sampler)
6. “Cry Like a Baby” – Aretha Franklin
7. “Until You Come Back To Me” – Stevie Wonder
8. “Until You Come Back To Me” – Aretha Franklin
9. “I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face” – Aretha Franklin
10. “Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin
11. “You’re a Sweet Sweet Man” – [...]

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MR. LONELY + LOVE ME/LEAVE ME NOTES

These are the annotated playlists for They Call Me Mr. Lonely and Love Me…or Leave Me.
1. Labi Siffre: Saved

For quite a while now, I’ve been meaning to write a mega-post about this UK artist, an artist who – and I say this with no hyperbole – I have been waiting my whole life to hear. This is from what I consider to be his best album, Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying and when I first heard it, all I knew is that it had to open some future mix. I guess the future [...]

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LATIN MUSIC USA (BBC) AIRING NOW

Naturally, I’m most interested in the Birth of Boogaloo chapter but it’s great that you can watch the whole series online.

"NEW" MJ: THIS IS IT? OR…IS THIS IT?

Discuss!

VIVA AVERNE

NPR.org just ran my Music List based around the tunes of Latin soul great Harvey Averne:

Harvey Averne: Viva Latin Soul : NPR

Read and enjoy!

THE ¡BOOGALOO! FB PAGE


My weekly party in Los Angeles, ¡Boogaloo! now has its own Facebook and Twitter pages. Join us at both and keep up to our going-ons.

ONE MORE ABOUT MAYER

If ya’ll haven’t reached Mayer fatigue yet, here’s my review of his new album for
NPR.