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Lost and Found: Kenny Dorham iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
Kvetcher in the Rye – Greg Palast remembers Salinger A reminder about the continued relevance of Salinger’s classic and the delusions impeding human progress.
Take Me Away Fast A film about Frank Gossner, DJ and publisher of VoodooFunk.blogspot.com, as he travels West Africa digging through crates.
Lost and Found: Don Byas iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
George Russell Sextet – Ezz-thetics This is a memorial re-post of George Allen Russell’s (23 June 1923 – 27 July 2009) classic 1961 album.
  • Lost and Found: Kenny Dorham0February 06, 2010

    Lost and Found: Kenny Dorham

    iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
  • Kvetcher in the Rye – Greg Palast remembers Salinger0February 02, 2010

    Kvetcher in the Rye – Greg Palast remembers Salinger

    A reminder about the continued relevance of Salinger’s classic and the delusions impeding human progress.
  • Take Me Away Fast0February 01, 2010

    Take Me Away Fast

    A film about Frank Gossner, DJ and publisher of VoodooFunk.blogspot.com, as he travels West Africa digging through crates.
  • Lost and Found: Don Byas0January 30, 2010

    Lost and Found: Don Byas

    iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
  • George Russell Sextet – Ezz-thetics0January 30, 2010

    George Russell Sextet – Ezz-thetics

    This is a memorial re-post of George Allen Russell’s (23 June 1923 – 27 July 2009) classic 1961 album.
  • The Best of The Basement Rug 20090January 23, 2010

    The Best of The Basement Rug 2009

    16 tracks, featuring: Chicago, Al Green, The Allman Brothers, Weldon Irvine, McCoy Tyner, Gypsy, a double-cheese pizza, and more!
  • Kate McGarrigle dies of cancer at 630January 19, 2010

    Kate McGarrigle dies of cancer at 63

    Singer/songwriter, half of the McGarrigle sisters folk duo and mother to Martha and Rufus Wainwright.
  • The Roots of R&B2January 16, 2010

    The Roots of R&B

    60 rare/obscure tracks from the labels that started it all: Savoy, King, Imperial, Specialty, Chess, and Atlantic.
  • See You Later Alligator – Bobby Charles dead at 711January 15, 2010

    See You Later Alligator – Bobby Charles dead at 71

    The reclusive south Louisiana songwriter who penned hits for Fats Domino, Frogman Henry and Bill Haley & the Comets.
  • Teddy Pendergrass dead at 590January 14, 2010

    Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59

    Philly-soul singer for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes dies at age 59, after colon cancer surgery.
  • Bobby Conn – The Golden Age0January 09, 2010

    Bobby Conn – The Golden Age

    Examining how society is structured to deal with superficial identity questions to keep people from making trouble.
  • Is the Music Industry Dead?0January 07, 2010

    Is the Music Industry Dead?

    Are CD’s officially dead? Can downloads and LP’s save the music industry? Please share your thoughts!
  • The Beatles in FLAC format on USB Apple0January 02, 2010

    The Beatles in FLAC format on USB Apple

    Are USB and SD card media the next big medium for recorded music?
  • The Music Never Stopped – Roots of the Grateful Dead0January 02, 2010

    The Music Never Stopped – Roots of the Grateful Dead

    Classics from Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins, Bob Dylan, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and more.
  • String Cheese Incident – Born on the Wrong Planet0December 31, 2009

    String Cheese Incident – Born on the Wrong Planet

    The 1996 debut from mandolinist Michael Kang, bassist Keith Moseley, guitarist Bill Nershi, and percussionist Michael Travis.
  • Is Obama Brzezinski’s Blockhead?1December 25, 2009

    Is Obama Brzezinski’s Blockhead?

    Geopolitics meets a Charlie Brown Christmas when Obama pre-empts the TV classic to whip up support for more war.
  • Rotary Connection – Peace1December 23, 2009

    Rotary Connection – Peace

    This isn’t like any Christmas album you’ve ever heard before. A dissonant form of Psychadelic Soul, this has grit and charm...
  • Free to Be You and Me0December 19, 2009

    Free to Be You and Me

    This holiday offering is for the kids. Free To Be You And Me is the 1972 cult-classic from Marlo Thomas...
  • Jazz

    Lost and Found: Kenny Dorham

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  • Memorial

    Kvetcher in the Rye – Greg Palast remembers Salinger

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    Take Me Away Fast

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    Lost and Found: Don Byas

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  • Jazz

    George Russell Sextet – Ezz-thetics

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  • Compilation

    The Best of The Basement Rug 2009

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  • Folk

    Kate McGarrigle dies of cancer at 63

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  • Soul/R&B

    The Roots of R&B

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  • Memorial

    See You Later Alligator – Bobby Charles dead at 71

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  • Memorial

    Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59

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  • Pop

    Bobby Conn – The Golden Age

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  • General

    Is the Music Industry Dead?

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  • General

    The Beatles in FLAC format on USB Apple

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  • Country

    The Music Never Stopped – Roots of the Grateful Dead

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    String Cheese Incident – Born on the Wrong Planet

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    Is Obama Brzezinski’s Blockhead?

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    Rotary Connection – Peace

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    Free to Be You and Me

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  • Blues

    The Allman Brothers Band Live at Ludlow Garage 1970

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  • Compilation

    The Lost Tapes of Blind Joe Death: Siblings of Darkness

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    That Gypsy Gem from Minneapolis

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    Chicago VII

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    Pinetop Perkins’ 80-year career still going

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    Northern Songs from a Dark Horse

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    Atlantic Jazz – West Coast

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    Hey man, give the drummer some!

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    McCoy Tyner – Expansions

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    Fela Kuti – Na Poi / Yellow Fever

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  • Folk

    Scott Cook says this one’s on the house…

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    The Last Poets

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  • Funk

    Lightnin’ Rod – Hustler’s Convention

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  • Funk

    Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson – From South Africa to South Carolina

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  • Rap/Hip-Hop

    Weldon Irvine – The Amadou Project

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  • Rap/Hip-Hop

    The Battle for Rap Supremacy

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    Beastie Boys – The In Sound From Way Out

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  • Experimental

    It’s a Beautiful Day for String Cheese!

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  • Concert

    The Scenics play the El Mocambo in Toronto on 13 October 2009

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  • Rock

    Chicago – Live at Carnegie Hall

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  • Rock

    Chicago Transit Authority

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  • Blues

    Albert King’s Tomato Sessions [1976-1979]

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