Shafiq Husayn

I came across this video on Well and Good. I can’t get enough of this song. I’m entranced by Fatima’s voice, but can’t seem to find more of her voice on the web.  Still searching and yearning….

A.

This is how I dream…

Africa Plays on — 5 –

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Track 01-Bill T Jones
Track 02-T’o ba fe lo we omi l’o ma’lo
Track 03-Tony Allen
Track 04-Sade-Tell Me
Track 05-Ofege
Track 06-Bola Johnson
Track 07-Tunji
Track 08-Fred Fisher
Track 09-Joseph Jackson
Track 10-Oyelana & The Benders
Track 11-Olotunji
Track 12-Luisito Quintero
Track 13- Wasiu Ayinde Barrister
Track 14-Osunlade
Track 15-Nina
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Y’all know what it is. Happy Thanks Giving. Thanks for Y’all.

New Location!! AfroBeat for Ya Soul!!

We have moved!! With all the love and support from everyone we have expanded and moved to BOSSA LOUNGE, 2463 18th St NW, in the heart of Adams Morgan.

DJ Underdog will spinning AfroBeat, AfroSoul, AfroFunk!
We also have the pleasure of collaborating with DC’s own Afrobeat band, Funk Ark!

We will be sweating it out all night UPSTAIRS at Bossa. 2 Levels of music all night long.

$5 for two bands, and a dope DJ all night long

See you Friday, November, 27!!

Distant Relatives @ National Geographic

To every cloud there is a silver lining.  In the case of the forced migration of millions of Africans in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the globe has been blessed with variations on the African sound. In every corner of the globe where African peoples were placed music grew.

Nas and Damian Marley have spent the last few years exploring the relationships between Diasporic music.  On Dec 12, 2009 they are coming to DC to discuss their findings.  They will be accompanied by the likes of Sway, Kool Herc, Rakim, Daddy U-Roy, Dj Red Alert, and King Jammy for a panel discussion about the intertwined roots of Hip Hop and Reggae music at National Geographic headquarters . The panel will be followed by a open mic with the participants at Zanzibar ( included in price of the panel )

LunchBox has been giving the opportunity to be involved with and support this event.  It is extremely important to us that our community knows the history of our culture. Please do not miss the opportunity to be a part of such an innovative and historic event.

TICKETS ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED and on sale now.

Purchase tickets at: www.nglive.org

December 12, 2009

7Pm

1145 17th Street NW

$25.00

live webcast @ http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/

Hudson Mowake

This dude keeps blowing my mind.
Album-Butter
Label- Warp
Website – http://www.myspace.com/hudsonmo

A Tribute to Yukimi Nagano

A ways back we posted about Yukimi. I remember quoting DJ Underdog on saying ” I wish I could crawl into her voice lay in it”. I still havn’t heard a better description. Uncle Q and Couchsessions have put together this tribute with the Yukimi highlights. .. Its Free

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ib4the1.1 _ Ill-Literacy

The homies really went in on this one. Please check this Ep by the spoken music media group Ill-literacy.  Ill- Lit is bay grown and east bay living, the members of the group have all been featured on Def-Poetry and have been touring the country with there multi dimensional performances for years. This is their first a Ep.

I’m not sure its really needs to be stated, but take a special listen to the intro. The vocals are by Ashley Johns – Jennifer Johns lil sis-.  If you like what you hear keep an eye out for her Solo Ep in 2010.

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My New Best Friend

Have you ever listened to a podcast or DJ that has made you smile inside, made you feel like this DJ could be your best friend just because of his/her musical selections? Thats how I feel about a great DJ. A great DJ is like a great friend.  Always there during the good and bad and knows just what to say (or play) when you’ve gotten into a funk.  Mr. Valadez is my new best friend.

While jet setting to the West coast every once in a while a friend of mine from LA wowed me with the local radio programs in the city of angels. I was jealous and envious of the fresh music found, to my surprise,  on the radio.  But I couldn’t for the life of me remember the names of the DJ’s on these local radio casts.

I came across the music of Anthony Valadez via SoulBounce.com. He is a local Cali DJ who has his own show on KCRW. I just downloaded his album Audio / Visual : Sounds Inspired By All Things Visual and am inspired and impressed by his talent. I was craving more of Mr. Valadez’s talents and musical taste and came across my new favorite podcast. Mr. Valadez’s posts his show online for those of us who don’t live on the west coast. It’s my new favorite podcast and you can check it out here.

A.

Diggin in Tehran

This article has been up on NPR world music for a minute now, and I found it informative. - C

“September 17, 2009 – A few months ago, the record dealer who sold me the majority of his Iranian collection told me that his recent finds in Tehran — including Mehr Pooya’s solitary LP of fuzz-guitar-soaked sitar funk — were going to a well-heeled international collector. He’d already sold the heavy psych pieces and the Iranian presses of Led Zeppelin albums and The Beatles’ Abba Road [sic] for stacks of euros before I got to dig through his collection.

I couldn’t help feeling disappointed, but how could I be upset with him? This man, who insists on remaining nameless (though I’d like to showcase the determination with which he canvasses the streets of his city and brings home never-before-heard ’60s garage rock and ’70s psych-folk fusion) had provided me with some of my favorite records of recent years. Those albums and 45s, many of which he bought as new releases in the early ’70s, gave me endless hours of enjoyment.

Here’s some of the most beautiful music from my past purchases. On a recent trip to Texas, I ran into a cab driver in Austin who told me that he’d owned a copy of the Mehr Pooya album back when he lived in Tehran in the ’70s. If I had a dime for every Iranian cab driver whose number I’ve stored in my cell phone on the hunt for records… well, I’d have had enough to buy that Mehr Pooya album in the first place.

Online information on Iranian recordings of the 1970s is limited, but some good resources are available. Try the Progressive Homestead page dedicated to Persian Fusion or Dario Margeli’s online catalog.” -EGON ( Stones Throw General Manager ) from NPR