This is easily one of the best hip hop tracks ever. From the moment it starts, you know what song it is. When the “funky…
Month: August 2019
30/08/2019: “Why Am I A Rastaman” by Culture
A lot of more hardcore songs about Rastafari can be quite impenetrable to people who don’t listen to a reggae. The accent is thicker, the…
29/08/2019: “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack
A lot of people will be familiar with The Fugees’ 1996 take on this. In fairness, Lauryn Hill does a great job with it. This…
28/08/2019: “Music For Chameleons” by Gary Numan
Gary Numan has spent decades cultivating a unique sound and persona. I could possibly compare him to David Bowie, but Numan’s music is special because…
27/08/2019: “El Pare” by El General
The evolution of Jamaican dancehall into the pan-Latin Reggaeton was filtered through several countries, styles, and eras. At the beginning, it was centred around Panama…
26/08/2019: “Astral Travelling” by Pharaoh Sanders
Along with Alice & John Coltrane, and possibly Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders is behind the evolution of the cosmic jazz style, deeply spiritual in an…
25/08/2019: “Just A Touch Of Love” by Slave
Slave make good times music, with some serious boogie potential. “Just A Touch Of Love” is the title track of the band’s 1979 album, which…
24/08/2019: “Good Thing You Came Along” by Tapes
Jahtari artists make a particularly interesting type of digital dub music. It tends to be very lo-fi, slightly crusty, and usually containing an unusually deep…
23/08/2019: “The Pill” by Loretta Lynn
When you think of country music in the Deep South from the 70s, you don’t tend to think of feminism. Yet, although it is very…
22/08/2019: “Wave Of Mutilation” by Pixies
Particularly astute people might guess that “Wave Of Mutilation” is not a happy, upbeat song about the beauty of human nature. It’s a song about…