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This would be my contribution: Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations REUP 02/15/2014: 93mb on zippyshare ...

Dear readers, At the moment I have nothing meaningful to say on the musical subjects, but want to say I appreciate having readers whether yo...

Oh boy, check this out: The Complete Lester Young 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions , 6 CDs, both in 320kbps mp3 and lossless.

These talking machines are going to ruin the artistic development of music in this country. When I was a boy... in front of every house in t...

In the "insane far out crazy sh*t" category.

Articles about Giacinto Scelsi tend to begin with accounts of his biography and for a good reason: he is a fascinating character, a colorful...

I recently got me a new hard drive and went on a downloading rampage; mostly modern classical, but other stuff, as well. I'll try to go ...

We've seen indo-jazz ( @ and @ ), Caribbean jazz ( @ , @ , and @ ), Ethiopian jazz (Mulatu Astatke), North African/ Arabic jazz (Salah...

As it might be apparent from this blog, I think the topic of musical authenticity is fascinating. What was authentic to the generation of ou...

Earlier, I posted some music by The Bollywood Brass Band , a wonderful fruit of cross-pollination between the British and Indian cultures. H...

" Google vs. everyone " - Larry Downes on information sharing and copyright law. A thoughtful and well-written article that touche...

Great album. The first two songs are killer, better than the original Bessie Smith versions, IMHO. The band mostly stays in background, whic...

Here's a respite from all the eggheadedness overflowing here lately. I posted some forro before , and the description in that album'...

Listening a lot to Eric Satie lately. For some background, here's a great article: Flabby Preludes for a Dog: An Erik Satie Primer . I...

Songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexandre Tcherepnine / Сергей Рахманинов и Александр Черепнин - Романсы Nicolai Gedda (tenor) with Alexis ...

Far East / jazz hybrids were featured here before (see the far east tag ), from ShiDaiQu of 40s and 50s to the modern recreations of same by...

Did you know iPods are tracking devices that government uses to control the populace ? Beats an implanted skull chip, 'cause iPods can a...

A second installment of the (jazz) arranger/composer special. The first one was about arrangers working to the strengths of a specific perfo...

The reason I wasn't writing here much in the past year is that my musical interests have shifted once again, going rather beyond the sco...

In the heyday of swing a lot of the bands had similar repertoire - the tunes the public wanted to hear. What made a band stand out was how t...

Choro is one of my favorite Brazilian music styles. The stuff I posted here before ( 1 , 2 ) is all original, historical choro from the earl...

And in fact, to my indescribable astonishment and horror, the devilish tin trumpet spat out, without more ado, a mixture of bronchial slime ...

I would have thought that CDs were things that homeless people hang on their super market shopping carts to make them look less depressing b...

Chung! Chung chung!

until today the single most important Brazilian instrumental music album ever released . This one is widely available elsewhere on the web, ...

Lord Kitchener - Klassic Kitchener Vol.1-3 REUP: 192kbps, 242mb on depositfiles When A Man Is Poor Nora Trouble In Arima Tie Tounge Mopsy C...

A few albums I uploaded for a fellow calypso fan, might as well share the links here. A Guide to the Real Calypso A CD that came with a japa...

I said before that I consider the Clifford Brown/Max Roach group to be the pinnacle of jazz (one of many, yes). They left behind many excel...