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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.

0February 06, 2010
Lost and Found: Kenny Dorham

iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
0February 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.
0February 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.
0January 30, 2010
Lost and Found: Don Byas

iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
0January 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.
0January 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!
0January 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.
2January 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.
1January 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.
0January 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.
0January 09, 2010
Bobby Conn – The Golden Age

Examining how society is structured to deal with superficial identity questions to keep people from making trouble.
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!
0January 02, 2010
The Beatles in FLAC format on USB Apple

Are USB and SD card media the next big medium for recorded music?
0January 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.
0December 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.
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.
1December 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...
0December 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...