A lot of amazing musical styles have emanated from South Africa, but I’m inclined to think that the electronic genres are the best, and usually…
Month: September 2019
09/09/2019: “I’m Still Waiting” by The Wailers
This song is from 1965. That’s long enough ago for the credits to be to The Wailers or The Wailing Wailers without making any mention…
08/09/2019: “Man’s Best Friend (Instrumental)” by George Clinton
George Clinton is known for good times funk, but this surely one of the most feel good tunes ever recorded. It’s worth noting that although…
07/09/2019: “Today” by LD, Monkey & Dimzy
U.K. Drill gets bad press, because it’s aggressive and made by inner city kids. Just like Hip Hop and Grime, really. It has to be…
06/09/2019: “I Want To Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles
The official Beatles video of this demonstrates pretty well the kind of hysteria the Beatles caused among teenage girls at their height. In the video,…
05/09/2019: “Hilawe” by Arthur Lyman
I have no idea how I came across this fantastic little oddity. However, I would strongly suspect that it has something to do with the…
04/09/2019: “Invitation Highlife” by Victor Olaiya
Victor Olaiya is one of those incredibly funky musicians from the height of Highlife. There’s quite a lot of them really! Nonetheless, he stands out…
03/09/2019: “Mike Lowery” by Skepta
Skepta is a huge name now, working with artists in America and playing at huge mainstream festivals. But he’s about as rooted in the Grime…
02/09/2019: “Tangerine” by Teleman
Teleman are one of the bands that seems steeped in artiness. The melodies and structures they use on this are among their most conventional. For…
01/09/2019: “Sweet Sticky” by Theo Parrish
Theo Parrish stands out as a real class act even among his classy techno contemporaries. Such is his class, that he did a Fine Art…