
Welcome to the second installment of the DJ Evil Vince curated Muzzle of Bees mix. If you missed the Latin Compilation , you can grab it here in full. This time through, DJ Evil Vince shares Africa , filled with standards and introductory tunes as well as rarities and gems. Listen/Enjoy: DJ Evil Vince :: Africa 01 Doudou N'Diaye Rose - "Cheikh Anta Diop" 02 Babatunde Olatunji - "Akiwowo" 03 Leon Mobley & [...]

Hyperbole As uncomfortable as I am totally gushing over a song (far easier to be subtly (or unsubtly) mocking), I just have to do one of those Mary Murphy-ish screams over this one. Moussa Doumbia is a saxophonist from Mali who spent much of his career in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The influence of James Brown and other sources of deep funk is thrillingly apparent. Keleya Buy Moussa Doumbia at Amazon

Filed under: Around the World As Luaka Bop celebrates 21 years of bringing crucial music from far-flung locales to mainstream global attention -- sounds from Brazil to Bollywood, from Africa to Okinawa -- with a compilation CD, 'Twenty First Century Twenty First Year,' label president Yale Evelev wants to get a jump on the next 21. To that end, he's been out in the field tracking down fresh, undiscovered sounds from intriguing cultures. On one trek not long ago, he found himself having to navigate some odd circumstances just to experience [...]

moussa doumbia - mokholou (mp3) things are a bit hectic over here at the moment, so apologies for the lack of blogging, but i shall endevour to make up for it with this cheeky piece of malian magic. moussa doumbia was an ivorian born sax player turned writer who is one of the most overlooked african musicians, easily with the same talent as the world famous fela kuti and the legendary mulatu. whereas african musicians of a similar ilk have been experiencing new found popularity (most noteably the ghanian ebo taylor [...]
The Jukebox is taking a trip in another direction this week. This time its a huge helping of some classic Funk. From down home U.S. Motown to the impact that the sound had once it hit foreign shores. [MP3] Spider Harrison - Beautiful Day Hitting the middle ground between soul's vocal stylings and a heavy dose of funk instrumentality, Harrison and Co. find absolute magic. One of my favorite Funk/Soul tracks: it just beams with a laid back honest delivery that carries Harrison's ineffable personality through the speakers and [...]