Covid-19 Music… part 34… The Whitefield Brothers, In the Raw
The Whitefield Brothers, In the Raw… Playing this record while cleaning up on a Saturday afternoon is like the addition of sambal to eggs or peri peri sauce to roasted chicken. Many years ago, I randomly came across this one record store in Chicago’s Belmont/Broadway neighbourhood. I really like Chicago and would love to go …
Covid-19 Music… part 33… Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight
Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight, Columbia… So according to the radio, it’s Miles Davis’s birthday today (born: May 26, 1926). If Miles was alive today, I can only assume that he wouldn’t want to celebrate his birthday with this record (for he was always about moving forward). I have a few of his albums and …
Covid-19 Music… part 32… Jeru the Damaja, The Wrath of the Math
Jeru the Damaja, The Wrath of the Math, Payday Records… Due to Covid, I’ve been going deeper and deeper in my record collection. I have to admit that I usually focus on the stuff that it at eye level, and neglect the stuff on the bottom shelf. So today I spent some time digging through …
Covid-19 Music… part 31… Sister Nancy, Bam Bam
Sister Nancy, Bam Bam… I remember when I found this used for $4 at this one record store. It was like I found a piece of gold right in the middle of sidewalk that everyone blindly passed by. Sometimes record excursions are all about the thrill of the hunt. Can’t say much about this song …
Covid-19 Music… part 30… Sun Ra, I Roam The Cosmos
Sun Ra, I Roam The Cosmos… All the times that I have played this record have been extremely positive. I don’t know… could be how the poetry is enunciated, the length of the tracks, or the hypnotic horns in the background. However for most of the other people that I play this for, it is …
Covid-19 Music… part 29… Stevie Wonder, Greatest Hits
Stevie Wonder, Greatest Hits, Tamia… it was Stevie Wonder’s birthday the other day. The radio had a three part retrospective on him recently and it really augmented my Stevie Wonder knowledge. I have been a fan for years and years so I have a number of Stevie records to play on his birthday. I’m choosing …
Covid-19 Music… part 28… El-Michels Affair, Enter the 37th Chamber
El-Michels Affair, Enter the 37th Chamber, Fat Beats… On a vacation to New York I was at randomly walking around and for whatever reason I noticed that I was at 4th and Broadway. In my head, I had this ridiculous idea that there should be a record store at that intersection because of the obvious …
Covid-19 Music… part 27… ESG
ESG, self titled ep, 99 Records, 1981 and ESG, A South Bronx Story, Soul Jazz Records, 2000… Years and years ago there were a couple of radio shows that were from midnight to 4 am or 5 am that played all the fun and interesting music. These included Liz Copeland‘s show on WDET and Patti …
Covid-19 Music… part 26… Kraftwerk, Electric Cafe
Kraftwerk, Electric Cafe… Florian Schneider, one of Kraftwerk’s co-founder’s died recently. They were one of the most important bands ever… so many references on this… [1], [2], [3], [4] I remember years and years ago, one of my friends at the time introduced me to Kraftwerk. He had a few different CDs including a compilation …
Covid-19 Music… part 25… Grimes, Visions
Grimes, Visions, 4AD, 2012… Apparently Grimes had a baby on May 4th. So having one of her records, I decided to celebrate by listening to it. I remember a few years ago I was a bit bored with my record collection and thought that it needed a bit more variety. Also at the time I …