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A FEW 2015 RELEASES THAT ARE STILL IN THE PLAY PILE!
A FEW 2015 RELEASES THAT ARE STILL IN THE PLAY PILE! AS WE’RE NOW IN 2016 I thought I’d stop prevaricating and just big up a few albums that were bought or sent to me in 2015 and have stayed … Continue reading
JANUARY 1st 2016: Heiroglyphic Being & Friends LIVE @ Cafe Oto!
JANUARY 1st 2016: Hieroglyphic Being & Friends LIVE @ Cafe Oto! New Years day 2016. Following on his 6 hour New Years eve DJ set at Café Oto Chicago’s Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being returned to Oto to perform a … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Top, Cafe Oto, Chicago, electronica, Free Jazz, Hatari, Hieroglyphic Being, House, I Ching, improv, Jamal Moss, Mark Sanders, Orphy Robinson, Sun Ra
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QUESTS FOR 2016…THE OGONI… STRAIGHT NO CHASER – THE ARCHIVE….
QUESTS FOR 2016…THE OGONI… STRAIGHT NO CHASER – THE ARCHIVE…. As someone who is “under-employed” and pretty much unemployable in the straight world I find myself not alone. Like many of my friends and fellow cultural co-conspirators, who have spent … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Moon, Film, Frances Feeney, Indiegogo, Ken Saro Wiwa, Nigeria, Paris, Petroleum Industry, Pollution, Sokari Camp Douglas, Straight No Chaser, THE OGONI
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YES MI SELEKTAH: SOUNDS OF FREEDOM! 2015 / INTO THE VORTEX!
YES MI SELEKTAH: SOUNDS OF FREEDOM! @ The Vortex …Finally, after ’nuff requests here are are a few tunes that I have had the privilege of playing between the live sets at Freedom! The Art Of Improvisation – the monthly … Continue reading
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BLACK LIVES MATTER! TA-NEHISI COATES WINS US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
TA-NEHISI COATES’ ‘BETWEEN THE WORLD & ME’ WINS US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD This morning I opened my computer only to watch a black man, Mercutio Southall, wearing a ‘Black Lives Matter’ T shirt being punched, kicked, choked and racially abused … Continue reading
LA CLAVE: Gilles Peterson Goes In Search Of Deep Cuban Rumba
Last night I found myself in a packed ICA cinema soaking up the UK premier of the ‘HAVANA CLUB RUMBA SESSIONS… LA CLAVE’ – an invigorating and enlightening investigation into the heart and soul of Cuban culture – RUMBA! – … Continue reading
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Tagged Abakua, Cuba, dance, Daymé Arocena, Esteban 'Chacha'Vega Baccalao, Gilles Peterson, guaguancó, Havana Club, Havana Cultura, ICA, Matanzas, Palo, rumba, Santeria, yambú
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Warriors International + AACM – Celebrating 50 years of GREAT BLACK MUSIC & Chicago’s Avante Garde
This Saturday, November 14th, as part of the London Jazz Festival, Warriors International celebrate 50 years of the the AACM with their ‘London – Chicago Vibration’ featuring Orphy Robinson’s SPonTANeoUS CoSMic RawXtra ensemble. Having been a devotee of the music … Continue reading