Tag: Rhythm and blues
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Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
I was digging around tracks sampled on departure’s Graduation Demos (very good btw) and she did a remix of Jay=Z’s 4:44, a track I didn’t know (I hd long tuned out Jay before all the Bey/Becky drama) which samples Bristol group Hannah Williams and The Affirmations ‘Late Nights & Heartbreak’. It being 3am and having…
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Final Mashups – DJNoNo – Ballroom album
Planned 10 years ago, the Ballroom EP (now album) has been a long time coming…two of the tracks were released (here in a remastered or better quality form) but the rest laid in the Unfinished folder. Mixing ballroom music – big band, jazz, bossa nova, exotica, swing, easy listening and classical pops – with hip…
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DJ Derek
Love this short documentary about Bristol reggae & RnB legend DJ Derek – before Rodigan there was Derek Morris DJing classic ska, reggae and soul tunes. Also into real ale and buses? Yay! Although in a ‘Bus Soundclash’ John would win for bus knowledge – since he’s been ‘on the buses’ since the 70’s or…
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New for 2009?
Just looking through the BBC’s Sound of 2009 – and I’m struck by the thought that unlike 2008 which in rock and pop has been fairly MEH with a few exceptions (dance and drum and bass is in rude health though; indie has become corporate and bland; pop is ringtones now with only a few…