By Damian Rafferty on June 24, 2011
This entry is filed under Events and tagged Abigail Washburn, Africa, Afrocubism, alabama 3, Alejandro Toledo, Alpha Blondy, Axel Krygier, Baaba Maal, Bangladesh, Bellowhead, blues, Bomba Estereo, Booker T Jones, Congo, Cuba, Desert Blues, Dhol Foundation, Donso, dub, Dub Colossus, Dub Pistols, Easy Star All-Stars, Ebo Taylor, Egypt, El Tanbura, festival, Feufollet, Germany, Gogol Bordello, Hari Sivanesan, Hassan Erraji, Havana, Jamaica, Jamie Smith, jazz, Lauryn Hill, London, Mahala Rai Banda, Nathalie Natiembe, Nigeria, North, Norway, Orissa, Pacific, Penguin Café, Port Said, punk, radio 3, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Roland Tchakounte, Samuel Yirga, Shunsuke Kimura, Submotion Orchestra, Susheela Raman, Taraf de Haidouks, Vincent Segal, Womad, World Music. | 2 Comments
WOMAD this year features: Afrocubism , Alpha Blondy, Baaba Maal, Bellowhead, Dub Colossu, Ebo Taylor, Gogol Bordell0, Penguin Café, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Susheela Raman and Taraf de Haidouks Continue reading WOMAD – Charlton Park 28-31 July 2011
If you know James Pants as a man who bangs drums, plays records at discos, record scratcher, picture drawer and all round ideas person you need to add his new album James Pants to his long list of abilities.
Continue reading James Pants – James Pants
By Gerry Hectic on March 28, 2011
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, US/Canada: Reviews and tagged acid jazz, Al Green, Average White Band, B-Boy, compilation, Dean Rudland, football, funk, Funkadelic, hip hop, jazz, London, punk, rap, rare groove, soul, Talib Kweli, The Last Poets, The Meters, The Roots.
This one is another reminder that Harmless Records is 15 years old and this time it’s a B-Boy breaks party jam that gets Dean Rudland compilation slip mats moist and funky.
Continue reading V/A – The Breaks: Original B-Boy Street Funk & Block Party Classics
So like the proverbial London Bus scenario, here comes No. 3 in the Bustin’ Out series of compilations dedicated to the post-punk, new wave and new beat scenes.
Continue reading V/A – Bustin’ Out 1983: New Wave To New Beat Vol. 3
By Gerry Hectic on August 27, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, US/Canada: Reviews and tagged Ashley Beedle, Azymuth, Big Chill, Bilal, compilation, Darkstarr, David Byrne, disco, Henrik Schwarz, Horace Andy, jazz, Latin, London, New York, punk, soul.
One thing you can say about Ashley Beedle (actually, there lots of things but without contradiction), he is possibly the most polymath of musicians around today and he never lets us down; bring on the Darkstarr!
Continue reading Darkstarr – They Live By The Night (Compiled by Ashley Beedle & Cosmo)
By Gerry Hectic on August 5, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews and tagged blues, Brian Eno, compilation, festival, funk, James Chance, jazz, Jonny Trunk, New York, punk.
Any fan of No Wave – Post Punk 1976-1980 will know that James Chance was the leading man of the movement as with The Contortions, they made some of the most compelling tunes of the time that you’ll find on this new release Twist Your Soul: The Definitive Collection.
Continue reading James Chance – Twist Your Soul: The Definitive Collection
By Gerry Hectic on July 22, 2010
This entry is filed under Asia/Pacific: Features, Europe: Features and tagged acid jazz, Brownswood, Camden, compilation, Gilles Peterson, Japan, jazz, London, Nik Weston, punk, Roundhouse, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, South, Womad.
Soil & “Pimp” Sessions have release their 6th album this year and they are at the Jazz Caf?© today (and WOMAD tomorrow) so as the warmed up in Camden Town, I grabbed a few words with front man Shacho.
Continue reading Soil & “Pimp” Sessions – Now We Are 6 with Shacho
By Gerry Hectic on June 29, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews and tagged Alejandro Toledo, Balkan, Birmingham, compilation, Dr, dub, dubstep, Edinburgh, Europe, festival, Gogol Bordello, Gypsy, jazz, JazZstePpa, Jerry Dammers, John Peel, Jonny Trunk, Koby Israelite, Latin, London, Macedonia, New Wave, North, punk, soundtrack, South, Sun Ra.
It’s probably stating the obvious but for all sorts of reasons, the music from the Balkans can be found all over the globe in various adaptations but this latest compilation on Green Queen Music is a healthy thermometer, London is the place for Balkan Fever London: mind the brass!
Continue reading V/A – Balkan Fever London (Mind the Brass)
By Gerry Hectic on June 28, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Features and tagged Gilles Peterson, Herbie Hancock, house, Israel, jazz, Jonny Trunk, London, punk, rock, Simonsound, soundtrack.
Since The Simonsound appeared on the Jonny Trunk OST Show on Resonance 104.4FM recently, people have noticed that I seem close to obsessed by him; this may be true but I’d not be the only one.
Continue reading Music for Lunatics – Here’s Jonny II (The Cultural Pottage Cut)
By Gerry Hectic on June 2, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, US/Canada: Reviews and tagged compilation, disco, dub, hip hop, house, Jah Wobble, London, New Wave, punk, rock, soul.
You wait 30 years for the first Bustin’ Out compilation and then, like a London bus, before you know it, Vol.2 is upon us with 15 more killer New Wave To New Beat tunes solely from 1982.
Continue reading V/A – Bustin’ Out (New Wave To New Beat Vol. 2: 1982)
Can you image one of the most celebrated soprano voices hanging out with Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, Muse or Leonard Cohen? Neither can I nor even doing cover versions for that matter but she has (done cover versions that is) with this new album called A Dark Hope; how could you resist?
Continue reading René Fleming – A Dark Hope
By Gerry Hectic on May 19, 2010
This entry is filed under Africa/Middle East: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged acid jazz, Africa, Blockhead, compilation, funk, Gillett, jazz, Nelson Mandela, psychedelic, punk, soul, South, South Africa, Soweto, Steve Reid, The Monks, township.
Next Stop… Soweto 2, sub-titled “Soul, Funk & Organ Grooves From The Townships 1969-1976″ is the second of a three part series by Strut’s finest in the underground sound of South Africa in the 60s and 70s.
Continue reading Next Stop…Soweto Vol.2, Funk & Organ Grooves From The Townships 1969-76
We’ve followed Soil & “Pimp” Sessions from the start so I might have said this before, their latest album is the best yet! 6 of the best so to speak.
Continue reading Soil & “Pimp” Sessions – 6
By Gerry Hectic on May 4, 2010
This entry is filed under Caribbean: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged Carnival, dub, dubstep, Jamaica, London, punk, rock, Soothsayers, Sound Iration. | 1 Comment
Dub has come a long way since Lee “Scratch” Perry, King Tubby, Scientist, Mikey Dread and such legendary knob controllers from the echo chambers pioneered the sound in Jamaica but over the years the UK has had its own stars and here’s one of the best kept secrets.
Continue reading Sound Iration – Sound Iration In Dub
By Gerry Hectic on February 12, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, US/Canada: Reviews and tagged Belgium, Big Chill, Burundi, compilation, disco, dub, funk, Guinea, jazz, jazz funk, New Wave, punk, rock, The Heavy.
Bustin’ Out is set in a time went the punks limelight was dimming but in its place, the independent DIY label ethic took hold and a whole new generation of musicians started to experiment a little deeper than 3-chord wonders.
Continue reading V/A – Bustin’ Out (New Wave To New Beat: The Post Punk Era 1979-1981)
