If you don’t feel the magic of the call and response between Herbie Hancock and Derek Trucks on this version of Joe Cocker’s Space Captain, you are simply not alive.
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If you don’t feel the magic of the call and response between Herbie Hancock and Derek Trucks on this version of Joe Cocker’s Space Captain, you are simply not alive.
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Beck’s band plays “Funky Fanfare” as his stage intro at this Sessions @ West 54th show (by Erik Koene)
One of the best live videos I own. Wore this VHS out in the mid 90s.
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I have never heard of this band until today, but I like EVERYTHING about their influences and what they’re doing with them.
Red Baraat: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (by nprmusic)
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One of the best Philly Soul songs of all time. Gamble and Huff wrote it and Mr. Velvet himself, Lou Rawls, made it famous.
Happy hump day, people.
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Morning 5 for May 13: Monday Mixtape Stevie Wonder Edition
Steveland Hardaway Morris, better known to we mere mortals as Stevie Wonder, was born this day in…
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If you’re not familiar with how Canada works, the Canadian Native population is experiencing a bit of a political and artistic renaissance right now. A massive protest movement called Idle No More has galvanized the aboriginal population into fighting for their personal rights, as well as the rights of the environment itself. At the forefront of this culture is A Tribe Called Red—a native Canadian EDM group that is extremely awesome.
A new Grateful Dead box set is on its way and SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel will preview May ‘77 this Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET.
A Tribe Called Red - Electric Pow Wow Drum
They played JazzFest in NOLA last weekend. These guys are Canadian and mix hip hop, dubstep, reggae and Native vocal chants and drums into a fucking frenzy! This is my jam today.