Byron Bay Bluesfest is all about the music. It’s not a festival you go to find a patch of luscious green grass to chill out on and catch up with friends. For starters you’re not likely to find such grass or any other festival spaces to chill out comfortably (unless you pay hundreds extra to… Continue reading Bluesfest 2017 – An Awe Inspiring Wealth of Musical Experience
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Ten Albums of 2016 That Made Life Sweeter
Blessed we are for the music albums of 2016 that made this life feel a whole lot sweeter. Thankful are we to the artists who created those albums. Some, like Kendrick Lamar’s untitled unmastered, came quickly after his last and were released unexpectedly. Other albums like De La Soul’s and the Anonymous Nobody, and The Diary Of… Continue reading Ten Albums of 2016 That Made Life Sweeter
Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
The new album from London’s Michael Kiwanuka, Love & Hate, is a unique and special gift of music in 2016 amongst the rest. Why? Well for starters because Michael Kiwanuka’s super-soulful voice sounds like no other in the world. When you’ve heard it once it’s instantly recognisable as his voice the next and every time after.… Continue reading Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
Native Sun: Hip Hop+Afrobeat+Sunshine+Love On Foot
So much music being created by artists in this world. So many barriers to getting it heard, properly valued, sold and any money into their pockets. We all know it’s a travesty of epic proportions. To all the artists who share their music with me digitally: thank you, and, I’m truly sorry. Lots of it I… Continue reading Native Sun: Hip Hop+Afrobeat+Sunshine+Love On Foot
Roots Manuva, Leon Bridges & Human Snails at Citadel Festival 2015
On a sunny, blue-sky London day I found my way to the inaugural Citadel Festival 2015 for two reasons: to experience an uncommon live performance by veteran Londonite rapper Roots Manuva – and to hear the music of the young, up-and-coming Texan soul artist Leon Bridges. Roots Manuva Roots Manuva came first – the casually,… Continue reading Roots Manuva, Leon Bridges & Human Snails at Citadel Festival 2015
A Blessed Musical Day With Eric Harland & Co.
It’s a blessed musical day when a Beaver finds herself arrive in Amsterdam to hear about an Eric Harland, Dave Holland, Chris Potter and Lionel Loueke show starting in two hours; buy a randomly-seated ticket and turn up to the gig to discover she’s seated a few metres behind Eric Harland on drum kit –… Continue reading A Blessed Musical Day With Eric Harland & Co.
E is for Electronic Music Infiltration
‘E’ in Beaver’s A to Z of Fusion goes to the sounds of electronic music for their like-it-or-not, rapid infiltration of almost every type of music in just about every part of the world since their beginnings at the end of the 19th century. A Shallow History of Infiltration The history of electronic music is long… Continue reading E is for Electronic Music Infiltration
D is for ‘Dancehall Electro Hip Hop’ – ℅ P-Money and Gappy Ranks
Hip hop I love, most Dancehall not. The only dancehall music I have in my collection are videos from live shows in Jamaica. But dancehall melded with hip hop, that’s a different story – one I’m more into hearing. Dancehall joins my cd collection for the first time in the form of P-Money and Gappy… Continue reading D is for ‘Dancehall Electro Hip Hop’ – ℅ P-Money and Gappy Ranks
Look Around The Corner – Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Bárbaro
I bought Look Around The Corner without ever having heard one note from the album. Quantic + Alice Russell + The Combo Bárbaro made it. What more did I need to know? Quantic (aka Will Holland) – whose many differently-flavoured, all fantastic musical concoctions you already know, and if you don’t can check out here. Alice… Continue reading Look Around The Corner – Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Bárbaro
Magnetica – Quantic At His Most Diverse Yet
Each album I hear from U.K producer and musician Will Holland, the latest being Magnetica (released as Quantic), I wonder at how one artist can be responsible for producing so many musically-diverse bodies of work of such goodness. Magnetica probably contains the most diversity of all Will Holland’s previous albums so far. Thirteen tracks, each… Continue reading Magnetica – Quantic At His Most Diverse Yet