New speakers have brought forth a new music scene in our house, and a chair that my husband has positioned in our dining room that sits (in his ears) at the epicenter of full orchestral sound. We have been digging deep into the instrumentals, the funk, soul and blues. Some new, some old. All good. This is one of the many firsts in our lives lately, including the first time my husband has stopped talking about the speakers he's wanted all his life. ;)
Side note: I included two songs from Tommy Guerrero who we discovered recently and simply could not decide on his best track. Check out his albums if you haven't already. I was surprised to see that he's not on any previous mixes here. A first!
Hope you get into the groove and enjoy!
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Sprout House Band / Spanish Flowers
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The Sprout House Band consists of Tommy Guerrero, Jack Johnson, Money Mark, and Adam Topol, who contributed tracks on the surf movie "Sprout." Read more on Last.fm more...
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Toubab Krewe / Hang Tan
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Blending American and West African influences into a sound all its own, Toubab Krewe has set "a new standard for fusions of rock 'n' roll and West African music" (Afropop Worldwide). Since forming in 2005, the magnetic instrumental quintet has won a diverse and devoted following at performances everywhere from Bonnaroo to the legendary Festival of the Desert in Essakane, Mali, the most remote festival in the world. The band developed their unique sound over the course of numerous extended trips to Mali Read more on Last.fm more...
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s / Baby, Scratch My Back
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s are an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern Soul and Memphis Soul. In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla and Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. They also released instrumental records under their own name, such as the 1962 hit single "Green Onions".[1] As originators of the unique Stax sound Read more on Last.fm more...
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Tommy Guerrero / Quiet Heat
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Originally known as a member of the old school skateboarding gang "The Bones Brigade". He spent several years in the group Jet Black Crayon before releasing his first solo-Single in 1995, entitled "Backintheday." He mixes a variety of jazz, ambient, and hip-hop styles to create a very soulful and chill vibe throughout his followup cds. On his CD "Soul Food Taqueria" he collaborated with both Gresham Taylor and the rapper Lyrics Born to add vocal tracks to several of his creations. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Vanity 5 / Flight of the Phoenicians
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The Smile / The Smoke
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The Smile are an English rock band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. They made their surprise debut in a performance streamed by Glastonbury Festival in May 2021. The Smile is a collaboration with longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. The Smile made their debut in a surprise performance for Live at Worthy Farm, a film with performances by numerous artists produced by Glastonbury Festival and streamed on May 22, 2021. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Ikebe Shakedown / Dram
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Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of cinematic soul, Afro-funk, deep disco, and boogaloo in all the right ways. After spending a few years together the group, named after a favorite Nigerian boogie record (and pronounced “ee-KAY-bay”), delivers a driving set of tunes featuring a mighty horn section anchored by tight, deep-pocketed grooves. “Right now in cities across the globe, there are Read more on Last.fm more...
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Vieux Farka Toure / Savanne
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Boureima "Vieux" Farka Touré (born 1981) is a Malian singer and guitarist born in Niafunké, Mali - son of Malian musician Ali Farka Touré. Vieux has proven in his energetic live shows that he is the heir to Ali's talent while still distinguishing himself from his famous bluesman father, Malian legend Ali Farka Touré, and has transcended the limitations of the world music genre itself. For the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa Read more on Last.fm more...
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Allah-Las / Houston
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Allah-Las formed in Los Angeles in 2008 around a mutual love for records, Los Angeles history, and the beach. They are all surfers and cover the city from the East Side (Mt. Washington) to way out West (Venice Beach) - and their sound reflects the geography of the city. The group consists of Miles Michaud, singer and guitarist, Pedrum Siadatian, electric guitar and vocals, Spencer Dunham, Electric Bass and vocals, and Matthew Correia, drums, percussion and vocals. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Charlie Hunter / Fine Corinthian Leather
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Charlie Hunter is a jazz fusion guitarist known for his multi-genre work, influenced by country, pop, rock, and more. He grew up in Berkeley, California, where he graduated from Berkeley High School. His project known as the Charlie Hunter Trio got started in 1993. Since then, Hunter has recorded over seventeen albums. He's noted for playing custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, having a reputation as a jazz virtuoso on the instrument. Over the years Read more on Last.fm more...
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Galt MacDermot / Duffer in F
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Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His most successful musicals were Hair (1967; its cast album also won a Grammy) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971). MacDermot also composed music for film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and classical music, and his music has been sampled in hit hip-hop songs and albums. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Greyboy / Whirlwind
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Greyboy is San Diego producer and DJ, Andreas Stevens, he makes spacy acid jazz with hip-hop roots. Also variously known as DJ Greyboy and also contributed to the Greyboy Allstars. "Soul Mosaic" is the latest Greyboy album, and was recorded 10 years after the release of "Freestylin'," the first Greyboy full-length album for Ubiquity. The tracks crafted into this fourth Greyboy album include groundbreaking territory for the Southern California based producer/DJ. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Budos Band / T.I.B.W.F
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The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has eleven members (up to thirteen members at times) who play instrumental music that is self-described as "Afro-Soul," a term and sound which - in a recent interview - baritone saxophone player Jared Tankel elucidates as, being drawn from Ethiopian music the band had been listening to that had a soul undercurrent to it, which the band then "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top" of. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Tommy Guerrero / Soul Miner
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Originally known as a member of the old school skateboarding gang "The Bones Brigade". He spent several years in the group Jet Black Crayon before releasing his first solo-Single in 1995, entitled "Backintheday." He mixes a variety of jazz, ambient, and hip-hop styles to create a very soulful and chill vibe throughout his followup cds. On his CD "Soul Food Taqueria" he collaborated with both Gresham Taylor and the rapper Lyrics Born to add vocal tracks to several of his creations. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Art Jerry Miller / Finger Lickin' Good
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Volker Kriegel / Suspicious Child, Growing Up
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Volker Kriegel (24 December 1943–14 June 2003) was a German jazz guitarist and composer born in Darmstadt, Germany, perhaps most noteworthy for his contributions to the European jazz rock genre and for his collaborations with the American vibraphonist Dave Pike. In 1975 he was a founding member of the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble. A self-taught guitarist, Kriegel began playing when he was fifteen and formed a trio three years later that won an award at a 1963 amateur jazz festival. Read more on Last.fm more...
