Blog: Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It

Jazz Brunch Jam - Alligator Bogaloo

Oct 17, 2010, 2:17pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
How to Dance the Boogaloo : How to Do the Latin Boogaloo Dance
Watch and learn how: Read: boogaloo: the quintessence of american popular music Listen: Lou Donaldson - Alligator Bogaloo : Alligator Bogaloo 7" Lou Donaldson - Rev. Moses : Alligator Bogaloo 7" B-side Find them both on Alligator Bogaloo .
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Sunday Soul - Me and Mrs. Jones

Oct 17, 2010, 10:18am Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - Me and Mrs. Jones Hands We meet every day at the same cafe Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there Holding hands, making all kinds of plans While the juke box plays our favorite songs Me and Mrs.Jones We got a thing goin'on We both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go now Billy Paul - Me and [...]
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the Cabana Code

Oct 15, 2010, 9:52pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
the Cabana Code After having largly disappeared from the music scene for over twenty years, Andy Hernandez , A.K.A. Coati Mundi , has returned. His name probably doesn't strike any immediate chords, and although he's gone Bermuda Triangle for a while, he's actually appeared in this very blog , somewhat indirectly, in the past. Along side August Darnell (i.e. Kid Creole ), Coati Mundi created genre smashing music in Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Kid Creole [...]
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Innerviews

Oct 13, 2010, 4:59pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Innerviews I've been writing MISB for about four and a half years now. In blog years, that means I should be at least several months (if not years) extinct. In comparison, Innerviews , the site that carries on "conversations with music's most vital and original voices," has been around since 1994, is still going strong, and Anil Prasad , the man behind the site, will be publishing his first book, a collection of interviews from it, on October 19th. Now that's [...]
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Felabration!

Oct 12, 2010, 6:10pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Felabration! Celebrate the Felabration all across the country starting tomorrow! 10.13.10 - The Shrine - Chicago, IL 10.13.10 - Recess at Somar Bar & Lounge - Oakland, CA 10.14.10 - (Le) Poisson Rouge - New York, NY 10.14.10 - Yoruba Dance Sessions - Oakland, CA 10.14.10 - Afro Funke @ Zanzibar - Los Angeles, CA 10.16.10 - 595 North Event Venue - Atlanta, GA 10.21.10 - Shrine World Music Venue - New York, NY [...]
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Sunday Soul - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

Oct 11, 2010, 12:33am Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Everybody needs somebody Everybody wants somebody to love (honey to love) Sugar to kiss, baby to miss now Baby to tease, sometime to please and I need (you you you you) and I need (you you you you) in the morning baby (you you you you) When the sun goes down (you you you you) The very unappreciated Solomon Burke just passed away yesterday. May he rest in peace. Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love [...]
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I Cannot Be Saved

Oct 8, 2010, 2:43pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Tara Simmons - 'I Cannot Be Saved' [music video]
There are some things that I know and some I would not choose You come at me from the side where I couldn't see you move but I cannot be saved in spite of my resilience I can't help but be your slave Soon enough I know that I will not be sleeping well again I'll be wondering how I was so easily overtaken [...]
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Soon On a Snowflake

Oct 6, 2010, 10:03pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Soon On a Snowflake Snowflake hey hey just wait till your eyes close ohhhhhh ohhh ohh oh and look at your window i'm coming to find you i'll be there soon i'm coming to find you just look out your window drifting on a snowflake fall asleep in the snow bed drifting on a snowflake let [...]
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Madlib's Advanced Jazz

Oct 4, 2010, 8:13pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
SNIPPET: MADLIB MEDICINE SHOW #8 ADVANCED JAZZ
"Imagine an 80-minute music history course talking place in a dusty, hazy studio with wall-to-wall jazz vinyl - records from the past 40 years – jazz, fusion, funky, obscure. This course will not be graded. There will be no lecture. Madlib 's at the turntable. Class is now in session." It's just silly how many pots Madlib has his hands in. His latest release, Madlib Medicine Show #8: Advanced Jazz , just reiterates what listeners in the know have known for a while, [...]
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Artist:Madlib
Title:Please Set Me At Ease - Hip Hop Mix
Link Text:Madlib - Please Set Me At Ease - Hip Hop Mix
File Name:07 Please Set Me At Ease - Hip Hop M.mp3
Year:2003
Artist:Poysner, Riggins & Jackson
Title:Funky Butt, Part 1
Link Text:Poysner, Riggins & Jackson - Funky Butt, Part 1
File Name:Madlib_09_Funky Butt, Part 1.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps

Sunday Soul - I Wake Up Crying

Sep 19, 2010, 8:34pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - I Wake Up Crying goodbye I need your arms to hold me tight I need your lips to kiss me goodnight I'm so unhappy on my own Don't, don't leave me sad and lonely I wake up crying After tossin' and turnin' And yearnin' the whole night long Pretty baby please come back to me Save me from this misery Chuck Jackson - I Wake [...]
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Artist:Chuck Jackson
Title:Everybody Needs Love
Link Text:Chuck Jackson - Everybody Needs Love
File Name:i_wake_up_crying45_02.mp3
Artist:Chuck Jackson
Title:I Wake Up Crying
Link Text:Chuck Jackson - I Wake Up Crying
File Name:i_wake_up_crying45_01.mp3

Legendary Rockin' R&B!

Sep 18, 2010, 2:47pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Legendary Rockin' R&B! At the turn of this year I wrote about Lost & Found: Real R'n'B & Soul , a compilation that BBE Records out out with the curative skills of Keb Darge and Paul Weller . That release wasn't the first time Darge had been called upon to do some diggin' for the label though, and it won't be the last either, especially with the release of Legendary Rockin' R&B , which [...]
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Artist:Junior Dean And The Avalons
Title:Chick Chick
Link Text:Junior Dean And The Avalons - Chick Chick
File Name:Various Artists_02_14_Chick Chick.mp3
Bitrate:158 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Teddy (Mr Bear) McRae
Title:Hi Fi Baby
Link Text:Teddy (Mr Bear) McRae - Hi Fi Baby
File Name:02 Teddy (Mr Bear) McRae - Hi Fi Baby.mp3
Bitrate:115 kbps

A musical Foundling

Sep 13, 2010, 9:20pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
A musical Foundling Late last year I ran a contest for some David Gray goodies in association with the release of his then latest release Draw the Line . Come to find out, Gray recorded some additional cuts that didn't make it onto the album, but did happen to make it onto tape (or mp3 or whatever other new fangled technology they record on to now a days). Performed here and there, in between, and among songs that made it on to Draw the Line, these numbers were played by [...]
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Artist:David Gray
Title:One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:David Gray - One Too Many Mornings (Bob Dylan cover)
File Name:dgray2006-03-07d02t07_vbr.mp3
Bitrate:201 kbps

Sunday Soul - Dark City

Sep 12, 2010, 7:03pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - Dark City With school just starting, things have been busy in these parts, but that hasn't kept me from listening to The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow , the debut album from saxophonist Cochemea Gastelum . Gastelum's name is probably not one that you recognize unless you read through the small print in liner notes, but his sax playing has almost certainly entered your ears if you listen to much of the music that I post up here in Sunday Soul, and in general. While on these album he's stepped up front [...]
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Artist:Cochemea Gastelum
Title:Dark City
Link Text:Cochemea Gastelum - Dark City
File Name:Cochemea Gastelum - Dark City.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps

Sunday Soul - I Can't Stand It

Sep 5, 2010, 6:57pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - I Can't Stand It This Is Where You Make Me Weak Standing close to me It makes me kinda weak And when you hold me tight My poor heart skips a beat But when I hear you say That you will go away And leave me someday I can't stand it Oh, no (no no I can't stand it) No I can't stand it [...]
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Artist:Soul Sisters
Title:Blueberry Hill
Link Text:Soul Sisters - Blueberry Hill
File Name:i_cant_stand_it45_02.mp3
Artist:Soul Sisters
Title:I Can't Stand It
Link Text:Soul Sisters - I Can't Stand It
File Name:i_cant_stand_it45_01.mp3

You Always Make Me Smile

Aug 31, 2010, 6:57pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Kyle Andrews "You Always Make Me Smile" Official Video
This looked like it was a lot of fun to shoot. The song comes from Kyle Andrews' Kangaroo EP (which you can get here ) and really sounds (almost) as fun as the video looks. Visit his website and become his friend on MySpace
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Sunday Soul - Everybody Stand Up

Aug 29, 2010, 6:29pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - Everybody Stand Up Mahatma Gandhi would have a lot to say about the greed that's running rampant in our institutions today and Dr. King would be rolling in his grave if he could hear about the haters trying to ruin the progress he made but we can't just sit back and complain we got to fight for what we know is right make a difference in our time be, be the change that you want want to see in the world everybody stand up [...]
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Artist:Yvette Rovira
Title:Everybody Stand Up
Link Text:Yvette Rovira - Everybody Stand Up
File Name:01 Everybody Stand Up.mp3
Bitrate:186 kbps
Artist:Yvette Rovira
Title:I Remember Love (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix)
Link Text:Yvette Rovira - I Remember Love (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix)
File Name:I Remember Love (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2010

Who Is This America?

Aug 17, 2010, 11:26pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Who Is This America? I've touted Antibalas ' on these pages before while talking about the Broadway musical Fela! (most recently in writing about the soundtrack here ). Well before they were recruited to be the backing band for the musical, they had to prove their chops to the world, and one of their efforts that certainly walks the walk is Who Is This America?, and album that was released in 2004 on Ropeadope Records . Well, today Ropeadope is re-releasing the album, with an additional unreleased track on the CD version. If you've not [...]
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Artist:Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Title:Big Man
File Name:Big Man.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2004

Sunday Soul - That's the Way Love Is

Aug 15, 2010, 11:47pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - That's the Way Love Is Love will always find a way Friday you'll beg her Saturday she'll plead One day she'll say she loves you The next day she might leave So you'll take it where you find it Or you can leave it like it is That's the way it's always been That's the way love is [...]
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Artist:Bobby Bland
Title:Call On Me
Link Text:Bobby Bland - Call On Me
File Name:thats_the_way_love_is45_02.mp3
Artist:Bobby Bland
Title:That's the Way Love Is
Link Text:Bobby Bland - That's the Way Love Is
File Name:thats_the_way_love_is45_01.mp3

Jazz Brunch Jam - Orlando

Aug 8, 2010, 8:14pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Jazz Brunch Jam - Orlando You might possibly remember me writing about the first volume ( Township Sounds From The Golden Age Of Mbaqangwa ) of Strut Records' Next Stop...Soweto series back in February . Somehow, I let Volume 2 ( Soultown. R&B, Funk & Psych Sounds From The Townships 1969-1976 ) slip through the cracks and never shared it with you, a mistake which I'll remedy today by including a track from it below. Today's focus though is on the third volume, Giants, Ministers and Makers: Jazz In South Africa 1963 - 1984 , which concludes the series [...]
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Artist:Dennis Mpale
Title:Orlando
Link Text:Dennis Mpale - Orlando
File Name:06 Dennis Mpale - Orlando.mp3
Bitrate:201 kbps
Artist:Various Artists
Title:Wozani Mahipi (Mahotella Queens)
Link Text:The Mahotella Queens - Wozani Mahipi
File Name:02 Mahotella Queens - Wozani Mahipi.mp3
Bitrate:208 kbps
Year:2010

Sunday Soul - Shotgun!

Aug 8, 2010, 2:06pm Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Sunday Soul - Shotgun! Hip to Heels Put on your high heel shoes I said we're goin' down here listen to 'em play the blues We're gonna dig potatoes We're gonna pick tomatoes I said Shotgun shoot 'em before he runs now Do the jerk baby Do the jerk now Hey! [...]
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Artist:Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Title:Hot Cha
Link Text:Jr. Walker & the All Stars - Hot Cha
File Name:shotgun45_02.mp3
Artist:Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Title:Shotgun
Link Text:Jr. Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun
File Name:shotgun45_01.mp3
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