Bit of a reflection/sitiuation here entitled “Difference” by the London sister poet Natalie Fiawoo alias S.O.A.P [Soul of A Poet]. Have a butcher’s and let it be known. Difference… Those that talk about change, stay talking, those that mean it act quietly. Don’t talk about it, BE about it. Yep… I’ve got a lot on [...]
May 11, 2010
The brother and eclectic producer Oddisee of Diamond District and Mellow Music Group fame, bring us this fourth installment in the quality seasonal and instrumental free treats, a recap if I may, the cold Odd Winter, simmering Odd Summer, chilly Odd Autumn and to square things, the freshness in the air Odd Spring. Odd Spring [...]
May 10, 2010
This is a fine colloboration between quality french producer Wax Tailor a brother on the soul, jazzy, hip hop agendum of which sometime ago, we featured the video and music single “Say Yes” as part of our video in the mix article with King Reign. Yes, the colloboration part nearly forgot, we run a feature [...]
May 7, 2010
Haven’t done In the Mix series in a longtime, but couldn’t let these fine tracks sit comfortable in the cloud. So we go on a virtual audio journey a near 20 minutes listening to fine classic, mellow social commentary jazzy hip hop with the following artists. M.anifest “Hubris” from “The Birds & the Beats“, Ian [...]
May 6, 2010
A thought provoking and fine old poem by the brother poet and writer - Kojo Baffoe.
May 5, 2010
Freshlyground is one of the finest music bands in South Africa if not the mother continent, with their traditional mix of south african sounds, live instruments, soul, funk, rock and inspiring lyrics, this is afro soul pop the young to adults can appreciate. Born in 2002 out of the cultural hotbed that is Cape Town, [...]
May 4, 2010
A compelling and award winning short film written, directed and shot in Phillipines by aspiring photographer and filmmaker Chetan Raghuram from the India, starring – Lloyd Vergara, Kisha Palermo and Theresa Palermo. Chetan‘s film is the story of Rebello, an eight-year-old living in the slums of Cebu with his younger sister and mother. While his [...]
May 3, 2010
The business of a tune entitled “Beautiful Losers” featuring one of UK’s finest soul singers Alice Russell and emcee/beatboxer 20syl of the french hip hop collective Hocus Pocus, their music is on the conscious/goodness nu jazz to hip hop tip . Hocus Pocus have been on this fine soul, acoustic hip hop gig for quiet [...]
May 2, 2010
A worth it 20 minute intriquing look at creativity and education by Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. [TedTalksDirector] A few pointers maybe? Have a butcher’s and let it be known. Sir Ken Robinson – Do schools [...]
May 1, 2010
Right, right another fine romantic moment from the UK sister and singstress Sewuese on this acousticness of the track entitled “The Moment” from the free session promotional EP by the name Silence [full download]. “Now why you wanna go and do that love huh?” and the reason one quotes this from the infamous song “Got [...]
April 30, 2010
A fine soulful classical, acoustic hip hop performance by the brother emcee Blitz the Ambassador with his band Embassy Ensemble with Kate Mattison and Bajah from the The Dry Eye Crew, all in unison doing the track justice. Obviously we now all about Blitz the Ambassador and his numerous quality outings, this in particular is [...]
April 29, 2010
Ladies and gentlemen we have heard along the way the seasoned and veteran poet Benjamin Zephaniah over the years with his insight into societal ills and making change. Here is a fine depiction and reflective poem titled “We Refugees” from Wicked World published in 2000 – a welcoming to the wild and wicked words of [...]
April 28, 2010
Man is some music tracks deep into this free session courtesy of the blog Lunchbox Theory in conjunction with DJ Underdog, a mixtape compilation entitled “Africa, Africa, Africa” [full album download] and so far “Oh my days” equivalent of “Oh my gosh” *smiles*. If you like Fela Kuti, Osibisa, Mariam Makeba, Sonny Ade, pidgin [broken [...]
April 27, 2010
This episode rolled into action with a little known free music compilation “Oscillations – Part 1” by Jus Like Music and Apple Juice Break with the track entitled “Paradise” by the collective Invisible Inc [Ghost, Verb T and Kashmere]. Invisible Inc recently released the fineness and value at £3.50 “true story” album “The Exit Strategy” [...]
April 26, 2010
Ahem, ahem! You good people know when I go on for miles about we do a bit of romance and all that jazz. Well this is one of those moments and this freshly of the press’ish with this video for the number entitled “Candy” of the free session “I’ll Be” [full album] by the brother [...]
May 12, 2010