We\’re all over the place this week (kind of a regular occurrence here, no?) Starting out mellow with \”River Man,\” Andy Bey\’s cover of the Nick Drake classic. Given that Andy is known primarily as a \”jazz\” singer (many of you will know him from work with Gary Bartz, such as \”Celestial Blues\”) it seems interesting that he would pick a track from a 70s English singer/songwriter. I was first turned onto this version via a mix CD, INCredible Sound of Gilles Peterson. Keeping it classic, bass legend Stan(ley) Clarke\’s \”Bass Folk Song\” is next from his \’73 album Children of Forever. I\’d been looking for this track since hearing an old dj partner play it years ago at our event called Jazzid Up! (Shout out to DJ Junior Roach, The Empressario [Nickie Black,] and Elson Trinidad!) \”That Voice Again\” by Peter Gabriel is from his breakthrough album So. He\’d had hits before, such as \”Solsbury Hill\” and \”Shock The Monkey,\” but So was the first album he\’d made on his own (he was the original lead vocalist for Genesis) that charted in the US top 10. He\’d charted in the UK top 10 with his 2nd solo album, Peter Gabriel (aka Scratch–because of the cover art.) \”Me Dough feat. Lil\’ Shaker & Yaa Pono\” by Kay-Ara is some new hiphop from Ghana! Thanks to Benjamin Lebrave of Akwaaba Music you can read about hiphop in Ghana and other musical trends at The Fader. \”Whole Latin Love\” by La Familia R
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