Yusef Lateef..."The Three Faces of Balal"...Eastern Sounds...(Prestige)
Our local hero.
Bombino..."Ahoulaguine Akaline"...Agadez...(Cumbancha)
Mafanti..."Africa"...Mafanti...(promo)
More local faves.
Orchestra Makassy..."Mambo Bado"...Legends of East Africa...(ARC Music)
Blackman Akeeb Kareem & his Super Black Borgs..."Awa Na Re"...Tomorrow...(Hot Casa reissue)
Hot Casa with another stellar African reissue. I actually had this tune on a tape for years and never knew who it was until I picked up this LP.
Kukumbas..."Respect"...v/a-Psych Funk 101...(World Psychedelic Funk Classics)
Marijata..."Break Through"...This is Marijata...(Voodoo Funk/Academy reissue)
Awesome album from 70s Ghana, finally on reissue!
My crew went to Boston to hear Dennis Coffey last week...and at 70 he is seriously shredding harder than ever!
--film trailer for Black Belt Jones--
Dennis Coffey..."Theme From Black Belt Jones"...Black Belt Jones soundtrack...(Warners)
Dennis Coffey with Meyer Hawthorn..."All Your Goodies Are Gone"...45...(Strut)
Dennis Coffey..."Guitar Big Band"...Electric Coffey...(Sussex)
Dennis Coffey..."Whole Lotta Love"...Evolution...(Sussex)
Dennis Coffey..."Scorpio"...45...(Sussex)
Temptations..."Cloud Nine"...Cloud Nine...(Gordy)
Curtis Mayfield..."Freddie's Dead"...Superfly...(Curtom)
Happy birthday Curtis!!! One of America's greatest ever composers.
Tito Ramos..."Big T"...Where My Head Is At...(Cotique)
Wax Poetics have reissued this on LP.
Gonzalez..."Rissoled"...v/a-Lubi Jovanovich presents Salsa Funk Experience...(Nascente)
Doc Severinson..."I Want To Be With You" (Leftside Wobble edit)...promo
Mahagon..."Divka's Jablky"...Mahagon...(Supraphon)
70s Polish funk/fusion with sick bassline and amazing vocals. Hear it here.
Getting ready to select some groups for the local music compilation I will be putting together for WMUA. (Bands get in touch). Here are some funky faves:
Groove Shoes..."Trifecta"...Groove Shoes...(self released)
Akashic Record..."Crawlin"...Theosophy...(self released)
The Alchemystics..."Summer Life"...Spread Hope...(North Fire)
Shokazoba..."Rogue State"...Congress for Sale...(self released)
Ikebe Shakedown..."Sakonsa"...Ikebe Shakedown...(Ubiquity)
Fabulous new album from these guys! Congrats!!
Zongo Junction..."Oh, Why?"...Thieves!...(self released)
Ray Lugo & the Boogaloo Destroyers..."Swingy Boogaloo"...45...(Freestyle)
Brand new LP dropping this week!! A long time in the making and I'm very excited to hear it.
Benny Spellman..."Fortune Teller"...v/a-New Orleans Funk 2...(Soul Jazz)
Benny Spellman..."Sinner Girl"...v/a-New Orleans Funk Experience...(Nascente)
RIP Benny Spellman. Obit here.
Albert King..."Cold Feet"...45...(Stax)
One of the greatest concerts I ever saw in my life was Albert King shortly before he died.
De La Soul..."Ring, Ring, Ring" (Ken at Work edit)...promo
Thanks for listening!
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