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Early December 2011 came news that Tori Amos is going to expand her Night Of Hunters era with an instrumental album titled Sin Palabras . However, ever since that announcement there has been no news whatsoever about the release. We wonder if the project was abandoned? Filed under: Beats , Yankee Panky Tagged: album , amos , new , old , single , tori , track

So i decided to change up the #ThrowbackThursdays a little bit and post a song that was highly requested. Haha the 90s were the best of times.

This is one hell of a mix, full of the dopest underground Hip Hop outta the 90s, featuring the likes of Afu Ra, Crooklyn Dodgers and Alps Cru. It's a real nice collab between two friends outta Bradford, involved with Sinoptic Music (hence the West Yorkshire logo). Hashfinger, who is no stranger to Word Is Bond , mixed the records which were provided by Major Kuts. Together, they are The Stone Cutters. It clocks in at 1hr49 so beware not to snap your neck, cos these boom bap beats are dangerous. I look forward to further offerings by this [...]

• thestonecutters - for real heads only

Phil writes: It would be very hard to write a Valentine's song as great as Steve Earle's sublime 'Valentine's Day' but this effort of Paul's shows he can still turn out a very good song: There's a decent version of 'I'm going to sit right down and write myself a letter' on the album 'Kisses on the bottom' which takes its title from the Fats Waller song. I think, though, that the original has even more to offer:

Joe writes: The BBC make such great trailers advertising themselves, especially when they draw on the songwriting of Lou Reed. The current trailer for BBC Radio features a man moved to tears firstly by The Velvet Underground's Pale Blue Eyes, and then by a football commentary as Blackpool gain promotion to the Premier League. For the original underground band, The Velvet Underground sure had some great tunes.

Joe writes: It's a choice of Lana Del Rey who is being interviewed. It sounds amazing on Radio 1 (as it does everywhere else one might hear it). Bob Dylan is so great he even inspires other artists' finest work. Also here is Lana Del Rey's second best track National Anthem:

There was too much blood in her collegen at the time. Filed under: Beats , Clip , Yankee Panky Tagged: album , blues , botox , collegen , Lana Del Rey , new , old , show for you , single

3/10 Filed under: Beats Tagged: album , and , artwork , download , new , old , single , sleeve , tennis , track , young , young & old

Joe writes: I listened to all the Etta James tracks that Richard Williams wrote about in The Guardian , but I have to say I don't think any of them are as good as her two biggest hits. At Last is a hit in the UK for the first this week: and I Just Wanna Make Love To You was a hit in the nineties of the back off a Diet Coke advert:

Joe writes: Just heard Laura J Martin for the first time. This is an instrumental flute track but very infectious and quite unlike anything else I've heard recently. Different instrument, different vibe but I was reminded of Devil In The Kitchen by nineties Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac: And this hypnotic track The Diamond Mountain by Sharon Shannon & Friends:

I could understand someone feeling this is over-sentimental, particularly with the dodgy video, but I think it's a real gem. There's no doubt that he's written a number of truly memorable songs.

Phil writes: I've been listening to a lot of Carpenters stuff recently - another favourite of my wife Sue's. Karen Carpenter does have a unique, and wonderful, voice (Rumer sounds a bit like her, as everyone remarks). This Leon Russell song is maybe not the greatest they ever recorded but it does show off her voice superbly and it contains the killer lines: 'We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way'.

Phil writes: I caught a bit of an extended Radio 2 interview with Sting. I was reminded of this version of possibly his best song, surely one of the greatest covers ever.

Joe writes: Thanks to MrBedosey for drawing my attention to this track via a comment on my YouTube channel . Like Nongqongqo (To Those We Love) , it's from the album An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba, but this version was is from a 1966 Swedish TV show and is followed by a moving interview and another track.

Ok so firstly two things to demonstrate how much I love this: a) usually I limit myself to one post a day so I don't burn all the stuff i find b) I really really need to be revising. But this needs to be heard. Originally broadcast in 2009 on BBC1Extra, this is an hour long mix celebrating hip hop since it's birth with Sugar Hill Gang. And what a journey it takes you on. It's nuts, you gotta listen to it from front to back. PARTY PEOPLE YOUR DREAM HAS NOW BEEN FULFILLED [...]

Joe writes: I recent saw the film In Bruges which features the song On Raglan Road over a key scene. The version used on the film is by Luke Kelly of The Dubliners who first set the Patrick Kavanagh poem to the tune of the traditional song The Dawning Of The Day. I prefer Van Morrison & The Chieftains' take, from the album Irish Heartbeat which my dad has written about before . I love the bit where Van whispers. In fact, the entire vocal performance is incredible. Here [...]

Joe writes: Obviously the best Christmas record ever is Fairytale of New York and the best Christmas album ever is the Phil Spector one . Here are three less obvious choices 3) Christmas Song - Dave Matthews Band. From the Platinum Christmas album which also contains two other really good Christmas originals by Dido and R Kelly. Maybe I'll post those next year. 2) O Tannenbaum - The Vince Guaraldi Trio. An essential purchase at this time of year is the [...]

Joe writes: The song is better known in its Boney M version. Marvin is better known for many other songs. But it's a great song and a great vocal performance which survives this re-edit. Marvin Gaye - Sunny - Mercury Edit II by Mercury (Switzerland)

Eazy Z - Merry Muthaphuckkin' Xmas feat. Menajahtwa, Buckwheat & Atban Klann Probably the second best christmas song of all time, after Fairytale of New York. A must for any christmas song collection. MERRY CHRISTMAS YO, AND MAY IT BE AN EVEN HAPPIER NEW YEAR! ~lork Tags: am , black , christmas , e , Eazy , eyed , hip , hop , I , merry , [...]

• Eazy E - Merry Motherfucking Christmas

Joe writes: Amarillo by Tony Christie was a modest hit in its day, but a huge UK no. 1 in recent years. Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey wasn't a hit in its day, but it will be the Christmas no. 2 in the UK this year. Sadly the lesson in both cases is that no-one makes music with these qualities anymore, so these tracks stand out from everything else around them. Incidentally, Lou Monte did have two novelty hits in America but neither of them were as good as this.