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Another selection - this time from The Quadrant in April 2009.

Bar-Kays - Son Of Shaft



Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa



Sugar Pie De Santo - Soulful Dress



Tammi Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You



Mel Torme - Better Use Your Head




The last three remind me of my Northern Soul Days back in the 70s.

ENJOY

Reckoning

Aug. 14th, 2020 07:39 am
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Thankyou Wire for letting me know of this wonderful Afrocentric collective.


Mourning [A] BLKstar - Reckoning [FULL ALBUM STREAM]





0:00 - Anti Anthem Remix
3:20 - Harlem River Drive OG
6:25 - At the Wall
11:32 - Untitled
14:18 - BLK Musak
17:34 - Feels
21:31 - Gang Desire
23:55 - Harms
27:08 - Hold Me
31:40 - Reckoning
35:33 - Situations
39:51 - Sweet Oil
42:00 - Star


Enjoy
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Another mixed bunch -

Captain Beefheart - Moonlight On Vermont



Can - Dizzy Dizzy



Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Cuba Linda



Fela Kuti - Kalakuta Show




ENJIY.
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Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen dies aged 79

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52497008

Tony Allen performs on the Park stage the Glastonbury festival in the UK. Photo: June 2010


Tony Allen - Crazy Afrobeat



Tony Allen - Moody Boy



Tony Allen - N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always)



Rest in peace and funk the heavens with fellow Nigerian Fela Kuti.

Enjoy

R.I.P Manu

Apr. 14th, 2020 12:07 pm
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Another victim of the Covid 19 plague - died in Paris recently -

Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa



Enjoy the funk !!!
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More funk and jazz from the past. This is part of a set I did at the Northern Lights Brighton in 2015!


Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - N..E.S.T.A (Never Ever Submit to Authority)



Ebo Taylor - Love And Death (original version)



Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Lady



Donald Byrd - Elmina



Richard Evans - Capricorn Rising



The Freedom Sounds feat. Wayne Henderson - Behold The Day




Eddie Russ - Zaius



Weldon Irvine - Mr. Clean



Enjoy.

I dugged out some real gems today and yesterday. You have a feast to listen to my lovely readers, as it is back to modern stuff on my next musical forays.
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Some soulful funky and jazzy grooves for a Saturday. These are tunes I DJ'ed back in the days at the NL in Brighton - great memories, food,music,booze and the gals!

Randy Crawford & Joe Sample - Rio De Janeiro Blues



Marlena Shaw - Let's Wade in the Water



Barbara Acklin - Am I The Same Girl



Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Saerchin'



Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Magical World



Enjoy
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Let us get funky.

Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa "70" -- Open & Close (1971)



Dancin'feet don't fail me now.

Enjoy.
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Some hot afro-funk for a hot night.

Fela Kuti and Egypt 80 - Power Show



Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - Zombie



And this track I played often when I was a DJ in Brighton -

Fela Kuti - Water Get No Enemy





Fela Kuti with Egypt 80 - Glastonbury CND Festival Live 1984




Enjoy and Dance!
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At MVE I found these in my other exchange -

Pentangle - Cruel Sister (Transatlantic) - with a 19 min version of Jack Orion!
Bert Jansch - I Don't Bother Me (Sanctuary)
Frank Zappa -Lumpy Gravy (Zappa)
Fela Kuti - Original Suffer Head /ITT (Wrasse)



Here is that long version of Jack Orion -

Pentangle - Jack Orion

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More from the book -


The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music by…


James Brown - Can't Stand It



Dizzee Rascal - Vexed



Digital Mystikz - Chainba



Fela Kuti - My Lady Frustration



Gang Starr - DJ Premier In Deep Concentration

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Just finished listening to Round 2 0f BBC Radio 4's "Counterpoint" ,which is a music quiz, so i think it is time to do another ofmy genre defting selections -

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work



More music here )


Rnjoy. 

Afro Funk!

Jun. 12th, 2018 11:02 am
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Toe tapping funky groove for your morning -

Fela Kuti and Egypt 80 - Original Suffer Head

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What am 1? Avid reader and avid music lover.So - here is some music -

Animal Collective -My Girls



More music here )

Enjoy. 
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I did a quiz  at FB to see if i could name 9 countries from a  map of Africa  - i got all nine -so time for soem Afromusic -

Ali Farka Touré - Goye Kur




More music here )
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Musical bomb shekls coming -
This one suggested by [livejournal.com profile] meowmensteen

William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind



More funk and afro grooves )

Nkengas - Anyi Bundi Igbo



Enjoy,
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So after that bit of melancholia,time for a music post.

Based on one of my DJ gigs at The Northern Lights venue from 10 Feb 2012

Congress Alley – Congress Alley



Mote music from the playlist 10 Feb 2012 )

Enjoy.
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More funky grooves this Sunday - i need the positive vibes to stop feeling morose. Funky jazz, modal,afro funk and latin scorchers.

Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light



More funk filled grooves here )

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