Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Thirty For Thursday Volume 17

hittin you with some soul this time:

1. Beautiful World - JJ Grey & Mofro (as promised)
2. They Say I'm Doing Just Fine - Michael Kiwanuka
3. I Still Care - Pieces of Peace
4. L-O-V-E (Jackmaster Hawk Re-edit) - SugaRush Beat Company
5. Dedication to My Ex (Clean version) ft Andre 3000 - Lloyd (the dirty version is a bit too dirty to include, but hilarious since the song is so upbeat and funky)

6. On A Cloud - Platinum Pied Pipers (PPP)
7. My Girl Josephine - Taj Mahal and the New Orleans Social Club (Fats Domino tribute album)

8. Wade In The Water - Ramsey Lewis (heard this as a soundbed under a WBEZ piece about how the beaches on the South Shore here in Chicago were integrated back in the day)



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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Happy New Year - Thirty for Thursday Volume 16

back for 2012 and I'm already almost missing my Thursday deadline...jeez....
It's here though, thankfully I started this on Monday and just finished now while getting ideas on the way home.

So this one started because I realized how the intros of the first 2 songs sounded remarkably alike. I haven't shared much Hawaiian stuff so far since I wasn't sure if some of my newer friends would dig it, but it seems right this week...mostly because Frank Orrall shared a Penguin Cafe Orchestra song and I found another one on the album that I dug. I kept the ukulele thing for a minute, but then didn't want to kill you with it.

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1. Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
2. The Brothers Cazimero - Ho'okipa Hawaii
3. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Ecstacy of the Dancing Fleas
4. Ingrid Michaelson - Be O.K. (more ukulele and she is just so damned sexy)
5. Ka'au Crater Boys - Noho Pai Pai (you can't say ukulele and not have the boys on here...LOVE this jam)
6. Smokey Robinson & Darryl Hall - Being With You (live from Darryl's house) - thanks to XL for recommending this show
7. Coldplay & The Buena Vista Social Club - Clocks
8. Cesaria Evora - Isolada (so sad to hear of her passing)