Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The Last Funk Brother Standing: Interview with Jack Ashford on Motown and beyond

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Today marks the anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye's landmark album What's Going On , which debuted on May 21, 1971. Motow...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Why you've likely never heard of unsung disco icon Alma Faye Brooks

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(Editor's note: This post on how the anti-disco backlash cut short the recording careers of Alma Faye Brooks and many other promising Bl...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Disco legend Alma Faye Brooks is back with Con Te Partirò (Time To Say Goodbye)

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It's not every day that an unsung disco icon re-emerges and drops a future dancefloor classic. But that's what Montreal's Alma F...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Barbara Roy & Ecstasy, Passion and Pain - If You Want Me (1981)

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Sometimes, a track comes onto your radar screen and changes everything.  This is one of them, so if you haven't heard it before, today i...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Electronic System - Skylab (1974)

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On May 14, 1973, Skylab was launched. And apparently, inspired this epic, spaced out Moog joint by Electronic System , aka Dan Lacksman , ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Jean-Pierre Mirouze - Sexopolis (1968)

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A long-forgotten original soundtrack from a 1968 French exploitation flick yielded this funky cut. The whole soundtrack would have been lo...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra - Soul Power (2009)

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Also known just as Kokolo . Formed in NYC circa 2001, by now these cats have over 50 releases to their credit and apparently are one of the...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Chakachas - Stories (1972)

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The Chakachas were a group of studio musicians from Belgium (including Tito Puente's wife, the singer Kari Kenton) who laid down some s...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

King Floyd - Groove Me (1970)

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Went to a wedding today, and this was one of the only decent tracks the DJ threw down. Turns out there's a romantic story b...
Saturday, July 2, 2016

Skobie Won - Burn (2015)

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While hanging out at the new gelato spot today, I ran into a CT-based rapper and producer named Skobie Won . It intrigued me to learn he...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Kool & The Gang - I Remember John W. Coltrane (1973)

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Thinking about Kool & The Gang today, I stumbled onto this rare groove. One of the most beautiful tributes to Coltrane I've ever h...