Brand New Features. . .

Just an alert to some new features added to the site. I've put up a new audio blog on the "others who walk on water" heading. It's a team audio blog called Get Down. I don't know too much about these kats, but their blog was clean and had some fresh music. I thought they
deserved a shout out.

The second new feature is an idea I borrowed from their site. On their blog they have a "In Rotation" section on their side bar. It's a pretty heavy selection of current albums they're listening to. I've streamed down the idea and decided to have a "Flava of the Week." This is just going to feature an album I'm feeling at the moment. It may or may not end up on the blog as an audio sample, but it's just to give you all an idea of what's spinning in my cd player, on my ipod playlist, or in my tape deck. Clicking on the picture will bring you to an Amazon page where you can buy the disk. I'm not trying to give Amazon more biz. . .they just seem to have the deepest selection of cd's. It's more likely they'll have what I'm listening to. If I can't find it there then I'll link it to somewhere I can. If anyone is interested in the "Flava of the Week" and would like to hear some of it-shoot me an email and I can make some suggestions on where to hear it. Enjoy the new features.

Sell Your Soul. . .

Al Williams-I Am Nothing

Here is a curious one from the Captain's Crate. A few days ago some heavy eBay bid went down. The coveted object was this little 7" above. The triumphant bidder dropped $2316.78-that's a lot of nuts. Anyway, the kicker is this. El Capitan was watching this bid for shits and giggles. While watching it he noticed that the seller had posted up an audio sample of the 7". Turns out the audio sample was the entire song. So the Captain grabbed the sample and posted up on his blog so we the people can enjoy it gratis. So for your personal enjoyment, here we have the $2316.78 track "I Am Nothing" by Al Williams at a %100 discount. Grab it while it's hot. This sale won't last.

Summer Jams: Midnight Samba Bloggin'

Eliana Pittman-Bezouro Mangangá


Clara Nunez-Banho de Manjericã


Sapoty da Mangueira-Sirié


Clara Nunes -Meu Sapato Já Furou

This post was suppose to go up when I was in Sao Paulo, but with the last minute pre-departure rushing. . .I had no time to get it up. In any case, it's a good thing it didn't go up because I've had a little more time to sit on this one.

Of all the music I came across when I was in Brazil, nothing satisfied my soul and moved my bootty more than Samba. Don't get me wrong, I love it all: Samba Rock, MPB, Black Rio. . .all of it. But Samba just rocks my musical chakra. And for me, the perfect summer soundtrack would have a substantial amount of Samba. Funny thing is that my proper schooling to the music form actually took place during the Brazilian winter (which really doesn't mean much except for some cold nights).

I could dedicate a whole blog to tasty Samba tracks. In fact, it's not such a bad thought. But for the purpose of this entry, I decided to choose three of my favorite female Samba vocalist. They're not the obvious choices, but these three women know how to rock it and rock it right. With these tracks I tried to mix it up and give you all a taste of the different styles. Eliana Pittman's track is more of a Samba Rock track (note the funky baseline break somewhere in the middle of the song). The first Clara Nunez track is a proper Samba track, complete with fast paced cavaquinho, call and response vocals, and my favorite, the killer rhythm section that changes just a few times to make sure you're awake. Sapoty's track is a bit slower, but has some beautiful vocals and has some references to Afro-Brazilian culture in the lyrics. And as a bonus I'm throwing in an extra Clara Nunez track just for shits and giggles.

Enjoy these for now. . .but I promise there will be more samba in the near future.

Tahira Groovy

Dj Tahira-Ouça

Ok. First thing. Sorry that I've been MIA for so long. I've been real busy with trying to figure out my life post traveling the world. Which means that the next few post ups are going to be DJ mix heavy, mostly because I don't have enough time to do the normal research. But, I promise these mixes will satisfy your groovy bone.

Lucky for me. . .my boy Tahira just served me up a tasty 2 hr mix hot from the Brazilian Kitchen. I tasted a little, but I promise there is enough to share. Normally I would be against a 2 hr mix. Generally because I have little faith that the masses can hold their attention on groovy tunes that long. However, my boy Tahira is a mixing mastermind and this mix is guaranteed to keep your booties moving for the entire length of the mix. If this is not true your money will be paid back in full.

I don't have the play list for this marathon jam-but if you head over to eclectic black sessions, I'm sure Tahira can provide it for the curious. Just do me a favor. . .while you're rocking out to this mix-look out for the track called Never Die, produced by another good friend, Kwaku Ananse. And in case you were wondering. . .this shit we do right here. . .it's going global. Respect.