March 29, 2007

tonight,...music for skankin' down the street, new hip-hop from one self, a trio of tracks from antibalas and its members, including new qi-inducing electro-afrobeat from guitarist marquitos garcia. for the second week in a row, rza produced soundtrack classic. last week, ghost dog, this week afro samurai. more.

peace.

bob cunningham - lover's theme
eddie spencer - you're so good to me
delroy wilson - funky broadway
one self - i don't want nobody
the bamboos ft. alice russell - transcend me
chico mann - who you runnin' from?
antibalas - filibuster x
ocote soul sounds - justicia
rza ft. the reverend william burk - who is the man?
j dilla - shouts
quantic - puerto rico pa gozar
bullfrog - hotel food
stanley cowell trio - ibn mukhtan mustapha

March 22, 2007

tonight on the show,...a sun-ra classic, music from the ghost dog: way of the samurai soundtrack, yazan al-saadi comes on the show to speak about egyptian soulster ali hassan kuban, jazz in dubai, and more. tune in to cfrc saturday night from 9pm - 11pm for a live simulcast of the dig your roots creative jazz tour at the drake hotel in toronto. www.cfrc.ca.

sun ra - nuclear war
freddie hubbard - lonely soul
rashan ahmad - happy
rob swift - fusion beats
tekitha - walking through the darkness
ali hassan kuban - mabruk wo arisna
dj logic - something distant
georges garvarenz - haschish party
nomo (over talk)
ali hassan kuban - mabruk
elizabeth shepherd trio - reversed
avi granite 6 - ghetto panda

When Two Legends Meet

my dad and hip-hop originator dmc at an adoption conference

march 15, 2007

madlib - where do i go (free design remix)
eekwol - reluctant warrior
war party - this land was ours
rez villain - charismatic manner
mongo santamaria - what you don't know
lee sykes - lock jaw
nicole willis & the soul investigators - feelin' free
quantic ft. noelle scaggs - politik society
gil scott-heron - the revolution will not be televised
sugar pie desanto - git back
the jimmy castor bunch - it's only just begun
j dilla - two can win
mood ft. talib kweli - nuclear hip-hop
flying lotus - two bottom blues
aloe blacc - arrive
bill "ravi" harris - lost dragon of the sahara

March 8, 2007

tonight,...free jazz beauty, soul sister no.1 - marva whitney, isaac hayes lays down a killer soundtrack, 40s gangster style from the new nas album, a grandfunk angela davis mix. enjoy.

the coup ft. silk e. - babylet'shaveababybeforebushdosomethin'crazy
james brown - wine spot
alice coltrane - via sivandagar
art ensemble of chicago - theme de yoyo
angela davis - targeting women (refusenik mix)
marva whitney - things got to get better
nas - who killed it?
isaac hayes - hung up on my baby
erykah badu - love of my life worldwide
sonic liberation front - the next thing happening
the invaders - bossa blue
naila keleta mae - retaliate
zion 1 and the grouch ft. esthero - make u fly

March 1, 2007

this week on the show,...pan-african collab. from gigi and afrobeat pioneer tony allen, new antibalas!, serious deep funk-revival from the budos band and naomi davis (both from daptone records), el michaels affair adding even more soul to wu-tang's c.r.e.a.m., creative jazz out of edmonton, x-clan's overt funk/politics...more.

gigi - gudfella (tony allen afrobeat remix)
antibalas - hilo
common - heat
bobi cespedes - rezos
the budos band - up from the south
naomi davis - promised land
el michales affair - c.r.e.a.m.
curtis mayfield - get down
spesh k ft. tasja - retirement days
x-clan - aragorn
amy winehouse - he can only hold her
george koufogiannakis - yo 'mo d
k'naan - until 'tha lion learns to speak
yesterday's new quintet - sunrays
colossus - from the lab (colossus's all night dub mix)