Oct 11, 2009
This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2008 album from Ozomatli – Don’t Mess With The Dragon.
Very different direction from me today, just because! Interesting album, and I had never really heard anything like this before, but very latin-inspired music that seems to cross a lot of genres. Hope you enjoy, the stream is below. Happy Thanksgiving!
Oct 9, 2009
This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns.
Here is the description of The Rural Alberta Advantage from their Last.FM:
Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt) play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta.
Wonderful album and gotta give it up to some local flavour! The stream is below and I hope you enjoy.
Oct 4, 2009
This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2004 album from El-P, High Water.
A pure instrumental album, jazz stylings with heavy hip-hop influence. If you’re looking for hip-hop, you’re going to enjoy this. And if you’re looking for some very creative jazz, you’re going to enjoy this as well. Regardless, you will enjoy it, the stream is below!
Oct 2, 2009
This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from Zero 7 – Yeah Ghost.
Here is the description of Zero 7 from their Last.FM:
Zero 7 is a downtempo act comprising Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker from the United Kingdom. The band’s songs feature vocals from Mozez, Sia Furler, Tina Dico, Sophie Barker and José González.
On 23rd April 2001 they released their debut album, Simple Things, to wide acclaim. The album featured collaborations with vocalists Mozez, Sia Furler, and Sophie Barker.
On 1st March 2004 they released their second album, When It Falls. In addition to the three vocalists from their first album, it also featured a collaboration with Tina Dico. In the same year, Binns also co-wrote the Emma Bunton track Breathing from her second solo album,
Their third album The Garden was released on 22nd May 2006 and features José González and Sia Furler. It is a departure from the trip-hop sound that defined their first two albums, Simple Things and When It Falls. The Garden has much more of an acoustic rather than electronic flavour to it.
The Garden is also notable in that it marks the vocal debut of Henry Binns; and while he doesn’t want the record to be defined by such a fact, it does add another personality to the mix. He duets on PlayThrow It All Away, PlayThis Fine Social Scene and PlayWaiting to Die, and sings solo on PlayYour Place.
However, if there is one fact that Henry and Sam don’t want people to be confused by, it is the title of the album, The Garden. Taken from the album artwork, which is a series of collages designed by a friend of theirs, entitled, spookily enough, The Garden, the duo are keen for the album’s meaning not to get lost in translation.
It is quite a departure from their usual downtempo and chill music, but it is definitely a quality album. The stream is below, hope you enjoy!