Blog: My Old Kentucky Blog

Okay – the party can get started now. Will Magid ’s debut album, Midnight High , has arrived. It starts with a bang: Anyone who loved Jack Hylton’s “high heels” mix of the 1920s romp, “Happy Feet,” should start bopping immediately to “Cuban Swing”- it’s just as jubilant, with a dash of Afro-Cuban spice. Does it get any better? Well, yeah, just about: With vocals by Ezekiel McCarter and Iggy Mon, “The Box” could be this year’s best new funky dance cut. The six-track junket closes with the thumb drum/vibraphone-spiked beats of another winner, “Brown Paper Bag.” Magid’s [...]

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