This is easily the funkiest take on a jazz standard I’ve ever heard. Apparently, the Kashmere Stage Band were famous for making funky sounds which were the equivalent of the JB’s and the Bar-Kays during their peak in the 1960s. Really amazing stuff.
Rhythm & Blues
[Music] James Brown – Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKRcVqsph8
Let yourself have a funky ass Christmas with James Brown.
[Music] Sharon Jones, RIP
Terrible news from Daptone Records. After battling pancreatic cancer for some time, Sharon Jones passed away today. She leaves a body of work that reinvigorated soul music, and her presence will be sorely missed. RIP.
[Music] Marta Ren & The Groovelvets – Stop Look Listen
Portugal’s got soul! Marta Ren is part of a worldwide neo-soul wave which groups like Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings got rolling several years ago, and her take on the genre is a marvel to listen to.
[Music] Benjamin Clementine live at the Burberry Menswear January 2016 show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZSZEFUMpz4
I have about zero interest in Burberry Menswear. It’s not my thing, though I can see where it would appeal to those who get a kick out of clothing. This video was supposed to highlight Burberry’s line of clothing, but that gets smashed immediately by the arresting voice of Benjamin Clementine, a man who, shockingly, spent part of his teenage years living as a homeless person. He’s really got quite a future ahead of him.
[Music] James Brown – Escape-Ism (Complete Take)
There’s little that’s better than James Brown and band hitting their stride. Here’s 19 minutes of Escape-Ism!
[Music] Big Mama Thornton – Everything Gonna Be Alright
After an absolutely hideous two weeks, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton offers some hope.
[Music] NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #95 ~ 06-25-16] — No Condition Is Permanent
Françoise Hardy in repose You can labor shoulder to shoulder with someone for days, weeks and years on end, share life’s joys and travails, get into and out of all manner of scrapes (these latter usually initiated by said comrade) and, ultimately, feel that a true rapport has been earned, that you really know who […]
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[Music] Bishop Bullwinkel – Hell to the naw naw
Oh, man, this is a real person, apparently. I have found this year’s summer hit.
The next time someone bothers me to do something I find offensive, this will be my stock answer: “Hell naw, to the naw naw naw!”
[Music] Prince RIP – I Would Die 4 U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCpLBrjjMk
Prince has died. Another massive loss, another long round of phone calls of friends sharing why they saw him as a pivotal artist during the 1980s. May he rest in peace.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 