
Sit back, relax, and tune in to Wild Weekend , edition 48. Lotsa old stuff this week, as usual in lotsa different genres. Afro-funk, fifties country, live flamenco... Plus: a Robert Wyatt beauty sung in Spanish. Have a wild one, amigos . Let´s make a funky start with the Mebusas and their infectuous afro ode to one Mr. Bull Dog . Which means juicy saxes, brother James vocals, and wild wah wah guitars in overdrive from the psychedelic seventies in Nigeria. You can find it on an exemplary double [...]

Just got back from a winter break in lovely Andalucia. Spent some time in the heartland of flamenco music: Cádiz, Jerez De La Frontera and Sevilla. And since I was so close, I just had to pay my respects at the impressive gravesite of legendary gypsy singer El Camarón De La Isla (1950-1992) in the tiny village of San Fernando. Oh, and a feliz año nuevo , y´all... El Camarón De La Isla - Dame Un Poquito De Agua MP3 El Camarón De La Isla - En La Provincia [...]

For The Sake Of The Song will be out of the loop for a short while, as we´re busy moving house. Our new headquarters are only 5 minutes away as the crow flies, but it still means that everything - including my music collection and my trusted iMac - will have to be boxed up for a short while. So bear with me, dear reader. I´ll do my best to be back online asap. In the meantime, here are some songs with a Spanish flavour for you, as I´m glad I [...]