Bootsy: 1st Album In 6 Years
Whoa! This is funkelicious news for funkaholics. Very promising sample. H/T OffBeat. See also Billboard. Bernie Worrellbootsy collinsFunkadelicmusicparliament
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Glen Campbell
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Pokey LaFarge | Something in the Water
Very much looking forward to seeing the Pokester in concert very soon. musicpokey lafargeroots music
Whiskey in the jar
This the “most overplayed” of Irish folk songs obviously lends itself to interpretation across genres. There are several very excellent versions but these rate as two of my favorite. folk musicIrish musicmusicrebel sonrockabillyThin Lizzy
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Check out this close-grained discussion and analysis of this most unusual masterpiece (in subject matter at least) by Peter Viney but before one gets to it see this background article. Flannery O’Connorlevon helmmusicPeter VineyRobbie Robertsonthe bandWalker Percy
Paul Williams
Born on this day. Cloud Nine, a classic of psychedelic soul. Some background to Paul. musicpaul williamspsychedelic funkpsychedelic soultemptations
Musical Worlds and the Extended Mind
A recent (freely available) paper from the very excellent Joel Krueger. 4eactive externalismEmbodied cognitive scienceenactivismExtended MindExternalismjoel kruegermusicsituated cognition
Southern Comfort
Another insightful review of Deltaphonic by Wilson Koewing in the Nola Defender. To listen to the band’s catalogue straight through feels like a backseat ride in an out-of-control burning muscle car through a backdrop of vast southern landscapes, occasionally stopping in this small town or that, to go inside a bar, or strip club, or seedy motel…
A Closer Walk
WWOZ have just launched a website A Closer Walk to “highlight, contextualize and advocate” for the future of these locales. It’s a bit late in the day for this: such a damn shame that so much has already been destroyed. Here are some of the locales that are meaningful to me. Cosimo MatassaErnie K-DoeFats DominoJazzkarnofskyLouis…
Funky Friday: Soul Messages From Dimona
Nothing like some top-notch acid-gospel-funk to set one up for the weekend, indeed a vital soundscape on reentry each morning. Joe Tangari of Pitchfork gets it, as do Thom Jurek of Allmusic, John Kirby of Wax Poetics, and Gabriel Baker of PopMatters. Listen here, here, and YouTube. acid funkacid soulgospelmusicpsychedelic soulSons of the KingdomSoul Messages From Dimonathe Soul Messengersthe Spirit…
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