Ah… a young artist’s self-made debut. There’s really nothing else like it. That freeze frame in time that captures that pure, raw talent still just teetering on the cusp of something great - often times catching an artist @ their most humbled & hungriest, while … Read More →
Category Archives: Jazz
ALBM PRVW:
Teeko –
Light Up The Darkness
w/ “Bridge To Truth”
feat. Coultrain
From Bay Area producer/musician/turntablist extraordinaire, Teeko comes his latest solo release, Light Up The Darkness – soon to be available in CD form via the Mellow Orange label, along with a special limited edition, clear vinyl bonus EP containing both instrumentals versions of select CD … Read More →
FRSH CMPLTN:
Georgia & Dudley
present…
SomeOthaShip Connect 2011
Never ones to stay quiet or stagnant for long – the royal galactic-fOnk duo Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins return to Earth, & this time they’ve brought some friends & family along with them on the Ship. To coincide with the launch of their … Read More →
FRSH DWNLD:
Shafiq Husayn x Sonny Coates
“Mjrhe∆vy !!!!!!!!!!!!_!”
(preAMP_+ alt. version)
Alternative, live in-the-studio version of “Major Heavy,” from the Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka album, provided, w/ notes, by Sonny Coates below… THIS is the official (as far as I’m concerned) version of this song I did on Shafiq’s record called “majorheavy”…(w/ liner notes)… you’ll hear the … Read More →
FRSH KPT SCRT:
Little Dragon
When starting this post, I wasn’t sure whether or not it was fair to include Little Dragon in the Fresh Kept Secrets category, considering their recent success in certain scenes & demographics. But although they definitely have a large following already, I feel like a … Read More →
FRSH SLCTS REPRISE:
Coultrain as Seymour Liberty –
GodMustBeABoogieMan
(seperated w/ full lyrics & artwork)
In this day & age where a cumbersome plenitude of artists & their releases are offered to us at a more rapid, & ultimately disposable, rate than maybe ever before - too often some of the more simply stated, or time-demanding, works can often get … Read More →