Piety & Custom is a No Words collection series compiling past-posted songs. You can find the first one here . Download (ZIP) / Request Immediate Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1) Mary-Anne Paterson [...]
Here's one slated for a mixtape I've been woodshedding the past month, Dorothy Ashby's "Soul Vibrations" - the first track off her 1968 LP, Afro-Harping. Fuseless, the track explodes right out of the gate. Propelled by a funky bottom comprised of an unrelenting bassline and syncopated percussion, within seconds otherworldly theremin and flutes drop in, [...]
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"The word arse is as much god as the word face. It must be so, otherwise you cut off your god at the waist." List of songs about or related to body parts. More textural than literal, onomatopoeia, gesture and touch. Blues, jazz and some Lord Quas for the heads. + Townes Van Zandt - Lungs (Townes Van Zandt, 1969) + Dorothy Ashby - The Moving Finger (The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby, 1970) + Horace Silver - [...]
The kid Paul Maxwell is back again, this time kicking a little curry into his beats. Fashioned out of a tune by Jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby , Bombay is a dope track that smashes sounds from southern Asia into a smoove bass groove, resulting in a hazy, almost psychedelic beat that you can chill/party to. Don't forget that P Max has done a lot of other tracks and he's still rising fast on the up-and-up. Check out Bombay below, and even more of his tracks over at his soundcloud . Paul Maxwell - [...]
Trademark Da Skydiver Feat. Terry Walker - Up Here Dorothy Ashby - The Moving Finger Rad to Nah Right for the Trademark tip. Viva Radio turned me on to Dorothy. Tagged: 1970 , 2010 , Cadet LPS 841 , Dorothy Ashby , Richard Evans , Ski Beatz , Terri Walker , The Moving Finger , [...]
Give the Drummer Some's Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) "I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument, and an unsuspected yearning to learn to play on it, that are bound to wake up and demand attention some day. Therefore, you who rail at such as disturb your slumbers with unsuccessful and demoralizing attempts to subjugate a fiddle, beware! for sooner or later your own time will come." [...]
By The Time I Get To Phoenix is not even my favourite Jimmy Webb song, much as I love it, but I cannot think of many other songs in pop music that traverse interpretations and genres as effortlessly as this. Here I am offering a bunch of versions that cover pop, country, soul, jazz and easy listening. By The Time I Get To Phoenix sounds like it belongs in any of these genres. And even when interpreted by artists from the same genre, it is an immensely flexible a song. Just compare the versions by the Four Tops, [...]
My Troubled Mind —released digitally and on happily hostile 10" vinyl, as perfectly fits the world's only Dorothy Ashby fan with a SHUT UP STUPID BITCH! t-shirt—is nominally an instrumental beat record. But play it at Dub Club, at Mas Exitos, at Echo Curio or at Manimal Fest and it will fit like it was especially commissioned. In seven songs and snippets, he dissolves and resolves together again dub and psych and hip-hop and rock and kraut and electronics and if not now he'll certainly soon grab Pete Drake and his talking guitar and claw off a little piece of [...]
The time has come! Summer is upon us, and for me, as a blogger, it can only mean one thing: Time for the annual summer mix! However, this year's will be quite different from the previous ones, hence its appearance here instead of the main blog. This time around, I made it with a clear theme in mind: To create a soundtrack for a fantastic summer getaway fantasy. Exotic locales, improbably blue skies, palm trees & white sands... steel drums. You name it all. Summer Getaway is a concoction of [...]
Image: Inca Pan . A short playlist with some latin and jazz influences for a relaxed evening with your favorite pets and gin cobblers. Yusef Lateef - The Plum Blossom Eastern sounds (Prestige / 1961) Nina Simone - See-line Woman Broadway-blues-ballads (1964) Kenny Burrell - Moon and Sand Moon and sand (Concorde / 1979) Dorothy Ashby - Lonely girl [...]
HappyParts first heard this track a while back on Viva Radio when doing a record mailing. This groovy number jumped off the screen. Dig this 1970 (Cadet LPS-841) funky groove produced and arranged by Richard Evans, based on the writings of Omar Khayyam. Dorothy Ashby indeed has true soul getting way down with Jazz Harp Bebop . Next to Sun Ra- Space Jazz does not get more wild than this. Blast off. The Moving Finger
fabrizio de andré rimini 1978 dorothy ashby autumn in rome 1958 (française version) Mardi. Ciel bleu. J'y ai senti un appel à réécouter " big world small world ", smith and mighty. Va savoir. Mardi, ciel bleu. Qui m'a poussé dehors. Dans les [...]
i dont know much about any of the below, but its a pretty righteous collection of 70's funk, jazz, groove and all around weirdness that only the 70's could have produced. some of the stuff actually sounds pretty timely, while some other stuff would make awesome personal theme music for either sweet loving making or just walking down the street. 1. ritual - nico gomez 2. je m'appelle geraldine - jean-claude vannier 3. pcyhedelic mood - piero piccioni 4. t plays it cool - [...]
Round Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel... Yep, it's Pi Day today. Go forth, eat pie, be merry. Hard 'n Phirm - Pi We kick off the celebrations with pretty much the greatest π song ever, a staple of Pi Day posts for many years to come. Also check out the hilarious Keith Schofield-directed music video , which is where I first heard the song. Hard 'n Phirm - [...]
As may not be obvious by the "hip hop blog" facade, my listening habits are actually a bit varied. I often get on kicks and find myself with certain "vibes" of music on repeat for days. Aside from my mornin Weezy, as of late the soundtrack for my days is of a pretty laid back [...]
. Lowly Lily of the Vale, To me you tell a useful tale: You say, "Be pretty as you will, Yet modesty is lovelier still. - A Little Girl to Her Flowers in Verse . ( Gutenberg project ) ~|~ " Happy Little Girl List " 01. Joanna Newsom - Bridges and Balloons The Milk-Eyed Mender (Drag City, 2004) 02. Bela Bartók - No.19 Romance: Assai [...]
Down the Line Jose Gonzalez In Our Nature Mute Records : 2007 [Listen] [Buy] West Palm Beach Bonnie "Prince" Billy Sings Greatest Palace Music Drag City : 2004 [Listen] [Buy] The Trader The Beach Boys Holland Reprise : 1973 [Listen] [Buy] Aynotchesh Yererfu The Budos Band The [...]
Dorothy Ashby: The Moving Finger From The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (Cadet, 1970) Melvin Jackson: Funky Skull, Pts 1 & 2 From Funky Skull (Limelight, 1969) My prior post on Common, with special mention to Cadet/Cadet Concept, reminded me that Chicago's own Dustygroove Records has recently inaugurated what I think(?) is their first ever reissue series and not surprisingly, they started close to home with a few major Chicago albums high on the soul/funk [...]
No Words
An Aquarium Drunkard
motel de moka
Gold Sweatshirt
HappyParts
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
L.A. RECORD
The Bamboo Orchestra
So the wind won't blow it all away
Captain's Dead
Fong Songs
all up in your earhole
Feed Me Good Tunes
soul sides
Rihanna Gets Nude For Nude
Pictures From Scamp – Day Two: Bob Weir Sits In With Primus
Diplo Blow Your Head 12 MOOMBAHTON 2k12 MIX
Craft Spells
Childish Gambino ft. Nipsey Hussle – Black Faces (Prod. by Boi1da) [Music]
