A Music Blog for Recovering Mix-Tapers
I've been interested in the incredibly diverse and all-around badass music coming from Mali for probably about 15 years. Probably about 60 seconds into hearing Bombino's new album Nomad I thought to myself, "This is the next evolutionary step of Touareg music."
Featuring: Bombino, Blood Orange, Bassekou Kouyate, Bronski Beat, and more.
Read More"Domestication is kicking my ass. I don’t think I have much coherent time left in me. With what remaining threads of wit I have I will dedicate one playlist a year to my slow demise."
Featuring: Vangelis, Prince, Laura Mvula, and more.
Read MoreThank god for the Carter Family. There's something so elemental, so foundational about their sound. Even though I grew up with their songs, and experience the same kind of spiritual relief when hear them as when I hear my mom sing, there's still so much of their music I've never heard.
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Read MoreRegions of Light and Sound is this month's obsession for me. Like most music obsessions of mine, it is like a teacher whose lessons seem bottomless. The more I listen to it, the more I learn.
Featuring: Jim James, John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, Gramma's Boyfriend, and more
Read MoreIs really seems like more and more contemporary musicians are shrugging off the tyranny of linear time, figuring out how to embody older musical ideas while maintaining a completely up-to-date feel.
Featuring: Joe Barry, The Amazing, Chavela Vargas, Tame Impala, and more.
Read MoreLots of sentimentality in this month's mix, which I guess is fitting for the holidays. And romance, which is also fitting for a month which hosted a very romantic trip to New York City, and New Years Eve - which is my personal favorite holiday.
Featuring: Ella Fitzgerald, Nico, Frank Ocean, Radiation City, and more.
Read MoreThere's plenty of music which it makes sense not to find on Spotify - your college friends' band's self-release album from 1997, major acts like Led Zeppelin and the Beatles, etc. But, although Spotify is surprisingly complete, every once in a while I stumble on a gap that surprises me. Below are some of those. ~ Gillian Welch
~ Bobby
~ Anything on Drag City (apparently), including: "Bonnie" Prince Billy (or any other Will Oldham albums) Smog (or any other Bill Callahan albums) Shellac
~ De La Soul (!)
~ Tool
Every once in a while I get obsessed with just one song, and listen to it over and over again - which I'm sure, if you are someone who spends a lot of time in my company (like, say, a really patient girlfriend), can become insufferable.
Featuring: John Fahey, Macklemore, Cody Chesnutt, Solange, and more.
Read MoreThis month's mix reflects, in large part, a major event in my life - falling in love.
Featuring: Calexico, Flying Lotus, alt-J, Fruitbats, and more.
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