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Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #41

“Down by the Riverside” – Joseph Edwards “Crossing Streets” – Evan Marien “Trans Europe Express” – Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson “That Girl” – Esthero “It Hurts Me Hurting You” – Intervision 5 “Shaker Song” – Spyro Gyra “Forget Your Reason” – Earl Harvin “Blue Spring Shuffle” – Josh Lawrence “Love” – Nhojj “I Am the Black [...]

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The Silence Equals Consent interview with Tuan N’gai.

So, it was a gorgeous and noisy day outside of Buli coffeehouse in the Oak Lawn area and Tuan and I went from talking about the Silence Equals Consent tour which is what brings him to town this weekend, to our pity for the blind rage of some Ugandan citizens against gays, plus anger at [...]

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Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #40

“Don’t Call Me Wally” – Orrin Evans “High” – Elizabeth Shepherd “Who Is It?” – Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra “The Chant” – Fareed Haque “Another Brick in The Wall” – Montana Skies “Alone Together with Hank Jones” – Christian McBride “Invitation” – Rochelle House “I Can’t Remember” – Kyle Eastwood “Witch Doctor” – Garaj Mahal “Locking [...]

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Single of the day: Bembe Segue “Sense of Humor”

Okay, this song has all the right elements of the songs I love: syncopated jazz piano and a fun vocal. I’m familiar with Bembe Segue vocal from several electronic projects with 4Hero, Mark de Clive-Lowe, and Sleepwalker. It’s my first introduction to the music of David Sancious, so it’s time to hunt the clearance vinyl [...]

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Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #39

“Big Shake Up” – Dave O’Higgins “Sense of Humor” – Bembe Seque “Estrella Del Mar” – Adonis Rose “Dona Maria” – Rufus Reid “InA Place” – Ramudah “Syntheology” – Lewis McCallum “Modest Confession” – Megan Livingston “Beauty On a Grey Day” – Mike Lindup “Fortuna” – Roni Ben-Hur “Somehow” – Geoffrey Williams “Orbital Echoes” – [...]

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Exclusive interview with Me’Shell Ndegeocello at popolio.com

Boy, boy boy! Freddie has done it now! Catch a exclusive blog interview with the one and only Me’Shell Ndegeocello at popolio.com today and tomorrow. Here’s part one.

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Billboards against abortion attacking black women?

Thanks to a tip from AlterNet and reading more from SPARK Reproductive Justice Now out of Atlanta, I’ve learned about some billboards that are going up around the city and especially in the predominately black areas that read, “Black Children are an Endangered Species”, with the website, www.toomanyaborted.com as the lone bottom tag. The billboards [...]

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Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #38 – Interview with Sandra Kaye

Today’s show features an interview with Generativity Records artist, Sandra Kaye. Since 1986, Sandra has thrilled audiences around the world and she shares with me how her music career got off the ground via a now defunct cabaret show in Dallas’ West End. The interview was recorded in her Dallas home. Songs featured from her [...]

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