Finally, here it is — The grand finale, the 2-CD ‘bonus’ of the Jorge Ben boxset. Two discs of material that is either unreleased or only available on rare compilations or on B-sides, all from Ben’s golden years of genius and productivity. For Ben fans this is the most anticipated part of the box, since…
This album from 1958 had a profound influence on a great many people involved with the “folk revival” in the United States during the 1960s. Elizabeth Cotten played finger-style guitar and banjo that brings to mind her much better-known contemporary, Mississippi John Hurt, rooted in cross-picking patterns related to ragtime. Cotten, like Hurt, had basically…
This one goes out to Agnieszka in Atlanta, may this record steam your windows up babe. Gwen McCrae Rockin’ Chair 1975 Cat Records (CAT-2605) 1 Rockin’ Chair (Reid, Clarke) 3:25 2 Move Me, Baby (Alaimo, Casey) 4:55 3 He Keeps Something Groovy Going On (Reid, Kitts) 3:02 4 Let Them Talk (Thompson) 2:55 5 For…
On a good day I can see Babylonia outside my window. Its fires died out long ago like dozens of other sugar mills in this area. In the evenings the sweet acrid sent of burning cane mixes with the wood fires in the furnaces baking bricks out of the red clay soil, drifting from miles…
Monna Bell y Aldemaro Romero“La Onda Nueva en Mexico”Released 1970 on Discos MusartReissued on VampiSoul, 2007 (Vampi CD 087) 01 – Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra (Ruben Fuentes) 02 – La Bamba (Arr. Tony Lucio) 03 – Cucurrucuccu Paloma (Tomas Mendez) 04 – El Balaju (Andres Huesca) 05 – Cielito Lindo (Arr. Tony Lucio) 06…
Jorge Ben needs a Jorge Break. And so I bring you… Gato Barbieri “El Pampero” Released 1971 as Flyind Dutchman FD-10151 This reissues 2002 BMG France / RCA Victor Gold Series 1. El Pampero (Gato Barbieri) 2. Mi Buenos Aires Querido (Carlos Gardel – Alfredo Lepera) 3. Brasil (Aldo Cabral – Benedicto Lacerda) 4. El…
