A lot of people hold that music from the 60s was the best. And Brazil is generally considered to punch well above its already considerable weight musically. So there’s no surprise that this energetic number from ’60s Brazil is so heavily laden with funkiness that it seems fit to burst! The Bossa Nova background to…
17/01/2021: “Capullito De Aleli” by Pepe Jaramillo
“Capullito De Aleli” was written in 1930 by Rafael Hernandez for Los Jardineros. It’s been covered many times since then, not least by Nat King…
16/01/2021: “You Can’t Turn Me Away” by Sylvia Striplin
Funky souly goodness from start to finish. You can’t help but love this, I feel! Her voice is stunning, of course. But that groove is…
15/01/2021: “Love Has Found Its Way” by Dennis Brown
Even Bob Marley regarded Dennis Brown as his favourite Reggae singer. And what a career… Dennis Brown, mirroring the development of Reggae music as a…
14/01/2021: “Born To Lose” by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
American Punk Rock icon Johnny Thunders rose to fame with the New York Dolls. It’s a shame that his major project after that, The Heartbreakers,…
13/01/2021: “Commit” by Miraa May
This is everything a modern R’n’B song should be. Powerful, strident, yet sultry singing polishes off a thumping beat, stuttering guitar hook and hard stepping…
12/01/2021: “Complete Control (Extended Mix)” by Jark Prongo
Jark Prongo is one of the many, many aliases of Dutch DJs René ter Horst and Gaston Steenkist. Currently, they are Piano House sensations Chocolate…
11/01/2021: “Wizard Of Finance” by Parliament
This is a cute song. The lyrics say that if the singer was a rich man, he’d blow it all on buying flowers for the…
10/01/2021: “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” by The Byrds
Bob Dylan actually wrote this in 1967. But he didn’t get around to releasing his (stereotypically Bob Dylan, with harmonica and country guitar) until 1971….
09/01/2020: “Me And My Woman” by Shuggie Otis
“Me And My Woman” is the only song on 1971’s Freedom Flight not credited to Shuggie Otis. It was written instead by Gene Barge, a sax player….