Category Archives: Jazz

SONG OF THE DAY Lucky Brown & The S.G.’s – Mesquite Beat

Posted on December 2, 2018 by

  “Lucky Brown’s music is a rejection of the elitism, classism, and status of the music industrial complex and is an antitoxin to its resultant homogeneity. He wants with his heart and his art to transmit an everyday people’s sound, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Putbacks – Oranges

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

Best-known for their heavy-funk orientated, ‘dirty’ rhythmic compositions, Melbourne’s funkiest 5-piece, The Putbacks served up another fine dish of tasty, soul-psych instrumentals on their latest eponymous album.  Released earlier this month and serving 100% guaranteed originality, the band’s latest offering … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Odetta – Roll On Buddy

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

“Queen of American folk music” (Martin Luther King Jr) This beautiful lady seems to be cropping up everywhere I am at the moment which made today’s choice so very easy and, like so many of her great songs,  today’s track … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Sly 5th Ave – No Diggity (feat. Sydney Driver)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by

Going by the name of Sly5thAve, Sylvester Uzoma Onyejiaka is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer  who lives, works and creates in Brooklyn.  Also a member of funk project Igbo, Ghost Note, Strawberry Jam and Quantic’s live band, Sly’s latest project sees him paying tribute to … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Tommy Guerrero – El Camino Negro

Posted on October 5, 2018 by

Californian guitarist and composer Tommy Guerrero has been known to fuse an array of styles into his ever-evolving sound, incorporating rock, hip hop, funk, soul and jazz into his compositions.  For his latest and forthcoming album, Road to Knowhere, he … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Nina Simone – Thandewye

Posted on September 21, 2018 by

Not one of Nina Simone’s more upbeat tracks it’s fair to say, but a song that is intensely captivating and definitely one to sit down and ponder over.. Thandewye Spiritual appears on Nina Simone’s 1982 Fodder on My Wings, a record she … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Barbara Dane – You Don’t Know Me/You Don’t Know My Mind

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

How much do I love this woman!! Following yesterday’s Barbara Dane stunner, I couldn’t resist following it up with this feisty little number..and given half the chance I’d happily have a ‘Barbara Dane month!’ This epic lady, a singer/activist and … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Barbara Dane – I Am a Weary and Lonesome Traveler

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

Though there have been many renditions of Lonesome Traveller over the years, Barbara Dane’s 1966 version has always struck a chord on my heart-strings. Originally written as a skiffle song by Lee Hays and Walter Lowenfels in 1950, today’s song was … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Tom Waits – Shore Leave

Posted on September 15, 2018 by

Tom Waits wrote Shore Leave in 1982 and featured it on his Swordfishtrombones album, which was released that same year.  The record was his seventh studio album and the first he produced by himself, proving to be a very different affair … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Tim Buckley – Chase the Blues Away

Posted on September 13, 2018 by

Led by a dark, almost foreboding, jazz-inspired melody, Chase the Blues Away is one of Tim Buckley’s most inspiring and mysterious creations of the 1969 period.  The loose, stripped-back structure of this song has an intoxicating feel and this is only … Continue reading →

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