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Here it is! The first of a series of posts that will include all 4 limited edition box sets that Barclay put out a few years back that has since been out of print, of hands down the greatest revolucionary musician to come out of Africa. [...]
it’s officially summer now… and what better song to put into rotation than this one. Un Verano En N.Y. is a classic by El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, recorded in 1975 just a couple years after they opened for Fania All-Stars at Yankee Stadium in front of 50,000 people. Here is the full length! [...]
Lucumi Macumba Voodoo is one of my favorite covers of all time. With all the Orisha’s represented on her neck, ¿Revolucion, No? has now been officially blessed! As you can imagine the percussion on this one is incredible. Eddie enlisted the best…Dom Um Ramao, Francisco Aguabella, and on trumpets he’s got Chocolate, Faddis, Lew Soloff… [...]
Sing Sing Sang! Here it is the classic record Eddie Palmieri did with his Harlem River Drive band recorded live at the Sing Sing Prison in 1972. This record can be summed up by the closing statement…’For man, for all mankind, there should be never no walls, never no fears. Only one thing in life…Liberty [...]
Ray Barretto (who in addition to running his own band was also the musical director of The Fania All-Stars), was the first of the latin musicians to approach the Young Lords and ask them what he could do to help. What came of it was a benefit concert on 110th street…and was the start of [...]
check this article on why this person doesn’t go to the parade anymore. Definately worth a read. The music being played these days exemplifies what Robert ‘Dube’ Colon had to say. Reggaeton is the commercialization of the culture, and what it did to latin music is even more extreme than what new commercial hip hop [...]
The secret is out! Those of you know, realize it was only a matter of time before I posted this one. It was originally released as self titled, but recently re-issued as Llego La Revolucion (based on the first track that is classic and obviously a huge inspiration for this blog). When I first saw [...]
That’s right the Riot! man himself! Playing with Bronx River Parkway…
See you there!
Here’s Bataan’s version of Gil Scott Heron’s The Bottle.
and Bronx River Parkway’s Mas y Mas taken from the 7″. If you want mas y mas de la Bronx River Pkwy. then go to Truth and Soul and pick it up! They’ve got a [...]
Orgy In Rhythm (easily one of my favorite blogs out there) has posted some incredible records in the past few years and this is one of them. Since the link has since gone dead, I’ve decided to re-up it myself. Harlem River Drive is a serious righteous latin funk supergroup spearheaded by the great Eddie [...]
allright….pr pride day is on it’s way and what better way to counteract all the ignorant reggaeton that we’ll be subjected to, than to check out Bobbito’s mix that he put out a few years back. It’s done on a d.i.y. tip…the cd looks like it was just burned from his computer. I think the [...]
