Category Archive Jazz

BLACK DUB – “I Believe In You”

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José James – Blackmagic

The smooth and stylish José James is back with his sophomore release, Blackmagic.  He’s been called a jazz singer for the hip hop generation which is particularly fitting for his collaborations with Flying Lotus who produced several songs on the new album.  Blackmagic was released on February 1st. MP3: José James – “Blackmagic (Produced by Flying [...] Read More…

AM – Future Sons and Daughters

A couple of weeks ago, I saw AM at the Hotel Cafe and it was an awesome show.  His music reaches across a number of genres from psychedelic rock and folk to soul and classic rock, even jazz.  AM’s new album, Future Sons & Daughters, draws on an eclectic variety of musical influences to create a [...] Read More…

Favorites from 2009 (so far)

It took me a while but I finally got around to posting them all.  In no particular order, here are my favorites from 2009, so far… Phoenix MP3: “1901” MP3: “Lisztomania” Dan Auerbach MP3: “When The Night Comes” Grizzly Bear MP3: “Two Weeks” Wilco MP3: “Solitaire” MP3: “One Wing” MP3: “I’ll Fight” Quantic and His Combo Barbaro Amazon: “The Dreaming Mind” Andrew Bird [...] Read More…

Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro

There are only a handful of albums I have ever really anticipated like Quantic’s upcoming album, Tradition In Transition, due July 14th.  This album could be truly amazing.  ”The Dreaming Mind” is the song in the video teaser for the album below and it’s featured on Quantic’s myspace page as well.  It might be one [...] Read More…

So many more- Covers, Remixes, and Mash Ups

Everyone loves covers, remixes, and mash ups.  Here are some of my recent favorites and some I just haven’t posted until now… MP3: Radiohead VS Dave Brubeck – Five Step MP3: Kings of Leon – Use Somebody (RAC Remix) MP3: Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls (Trentmoller Remix) MP3: Phoenix – 1901 (Build Remix) MP3: Daft Punk VS Does It [...] Read More…

Jose James – the SoulCulture interview

SoulCulture in the UK recently interviewed jazz, neo-soul singer Jose James.  SoulCulture is a great place to find more news, interviews, and videos like this one.  Check out the video below and more at SoulCulture.co.uk. In the interview below, Jose James shares his thoughts on today’s music and reveals some details about his upcoming album.  I especially [...] Read More…

Beat Juice

Here’s another pretty awesome music website that let’s you create playlists you can share with you friends.  It’s called GrooveShark.com and it’s got a pretty big library of music.  It allows you to upload your own songs so you can login from anywhere in the world and have all of your music.  It also allows you [...] Read More…

Epic Nightscapes

There are a lot of cool ways to share music with your friends.  I used to make a lot of mixes and I still have a lot of my old playlists.  The iLike Playlist Editor let’s you make and share your playlists with anyone.  You can send a link for your playlist to your friends or [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (4/26/09)

About a month ago, a great remix album was released- Nat King Cole: Re: Generations.  It features classic Nat King Cole songs remixed by a number of great artists like The Roots, Cee-Lo, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, Cut Chemist, Brazilian Girls, Nas & Salaam Remi, and TV on the Radio.  It’s an unbelievable remix [...] Read More…