Friday, October 23rd
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 8/3/20
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hip-hop
2020
Friday, September 25th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak (feat. Rick Ross), “Cut Em In,” 9/23/20
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What makes anyone draw one line and then add another? How does the second affect the first and determine the character of a third or fourth?
—Peter Schjeldahl, “Lineage: French drawings from the nineteenth century,” New Yorker, 9/14/20
2020
Friday, August 14th
what’s new
Flatbush Zombies, live (“when i’m gone,” “Palm Trees,” “Afterlife”), Los Angeles, published 8/13/20
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2020
Saturday, June 20th
what’s new
Public Enemy, “State of the Union (STFU)” (feat. DJ Premiere), 6/19/20
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2020
Wednesday, March 18th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Дикі танці,” 1/30/20
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2020
Wednesday, January 8th
three takes
“Stakes Is High” (K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, J. Yancey [AKA J Dilla])
Robert Glasper Experiment with Mos Def (AKA Yasiin Bey), live
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“Suite for Ma Dukes—Stakes Is High” featuring Posdnuos (De La Soul) and Talib Kweli, live, Los Angeles, 2009
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De La Soul, recording (produced by J Dilla and De La Soul), 1996
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2019
Sunday, December 15th
There are all kinds of gospel.
Common, William Murphy, Erykah Badu, “God Is Love,” “The Light,” live (TV show), Newark, N.J., 2019
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A tethered horse,
snow
in both stirrups.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1783 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2019
Friday, November 1st
sounds of Ukraine
When you live in a country where words seem to mean less and less, what a relief it can be to listen to a language you know not at all.
Alyona Alyona, live (acoustic session), Slovakia (Pohoda Festival), 2019
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2019
Wednesday, October 30th
what’s new
Robert Glasper (keyboards, vocals) with T3 (vocals), Chris Dave (drums), et al., J Dilla Tribute, live, New York, 10/25/19
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2019
Monday, September 30th
sounds of Ukraine
day one
Here’s the latest from this kindergarten teacher turned rapper.
Alyona Alyona, “Завтра,” 9/27/19
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