Tag Archives: Record Store Day

?UESTLOVE IN HAVANA: Quest For Cuba

OKAYPLAYER FILMS PRESENTS QUEST FOR CUBA! A Mini-Documentary featuring ?uestlove as brings his own brand of funk to Cuba. This is the story…. WORDS by JAURETSI. Yup. ?uestlove‘s Cuba trip finally gets the full mini-travel documentary it deserves. ?uesto made … Continue reading

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KATE TEMPEST: Brand New Ancients on vinyl!

Kate Tempest’s ‘Brand New Ancients’ makes it onto on double-vinyl thanks to the dynamic audiophile obsessed duo at Gearbox Records. Back in September 2012 I penned a piece extolling the virtues of poet Kate Tempest’s seismic performance of her self-penned ‘Brand … Continue reading

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ANOTHER RECORD STORE DAY CLASSIC: Fela’s Sorrow Tears & Blood

TO CELEBRATE THE  75th birthday of Nigeria’s militant, Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti, as well as the recent release of new deluxe compilation ‘The Best Of The Black President 2’ and newly repackaged versions of Fela’s entire back catalogue, Knitting Factory … Continue reading

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JAZZ-OETRY… JAZZ POETRY… ALL STAR SUPER JAMS – 1962 -2013

Wow, here’s one project that has to be checked… following on from a radical all star performance at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of a cancer charity,  Gearbox Records has anounced the release of the ‘All Star Jazz Poetry … Continue reading

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