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Touch Me Better FCR

A mystery mix of sounds I've been digging lately.

Cosmic Dream Weaving

City Living

A snippet of "Barry". From Salah Ananse's upcoming EP of Rare Groove interpretations.

Barry (Coming Soon)

Mindfull ft. Darktwaine_

Cold As Ice

Here ya go another weekend mix Njoy !!! (All Vinyl 45's & lp's)

1.Change Ft. Craig G-Silent Someone (Realphresh)
2.Cross My Heart-Billy Stewart (Chess)
3.You're Gonna Need Me-Dionne Warwick (Warner Bros.)
4.Ressurection-Rasheed Chappell (Ill Friction)
5.Mayor In The Ghost Town-DJ Format (Project Blue Book)
6.Girma's Lament-Karl Hector & The Malcouns (Now Again)
7.Like A Ship-Pastor T.L. Barrett (Light In The Attic)
8.In The Forest Pt.2-The Original Black Sheep Of The Family (Kay-Dee)
9.Charlie's Theme-Jimi Entley (Espionage)
10.The Telephone Song-Charles Bradley (Dunham)
11.Substitution-Ub's (First Cut)
12.Make The Road By Walking-Menahan Street Band
13.Take Two-Will Sessions (Fat Beats)
14.Sister Funk/Inst-Thomas East (True Soul)
15.10 Bricks-Raekwon (Ice H20)
16.Az Madlib Remix-Medicine Show 12 
17.Maybe So Maybe No-New Holidays (Soulhawk)

Peace to Lord Finesse,DJ Spinna,DJ Scratch,Dj Format,Silent Someone,Matt (Traffic),Jared (Big City) & all the blogs that did re posts on my march mixes !!!

Also: 
Kenny Dope Fully Produced Future Before Nostalgia-Rasheed Chappell available on Double Vinyl with bonus 45 & cd's at www.kaydeerecords.com

Kenny Dope April Weekend "Hip Hop Funk Soul Funk Breaks 2012 Mix"

Every year I try to do a Holiday Remix. This is my FAVORITE Christmas song reimagined for the dance floor. Enjoy!

Vince Guaraldi Trio- Christmastime Is Here (Ananse Spiked Nog Extended Vocal Edit)

Pal Joey is one of NYC’s true sample-based music production legends. He has produced a diverse assortment of hits for artists such as Boogie Down Productions, Deee-Lite and The Orb.  This unprecedented 7-inch single has assembled two of his best-known solo efforts: "Hot Music" the Hip Hop/House crossover banger and "Dance" the groundbreaking House classic together as they were originally released in 1989. These timeless tracks show no signs of aging from their late '80s origin, both are still in heavy rotation with club DJs today.  This never before seen on a 7-inch pressing is a limited and fully licensed Dopebrother Edition. This release is both a collector's item and a serious weapon on the dance floor.    

Hot Music-Soho (45 Release)

From my Grammy-nominated album with the Heritage Blues Orchestra "And Still I Rise", an international collaboration honoring African-American Musical traditions. This song was made famous by Leadbelly and remains one of the only work songs I know of that references women being in chain gangs. 

Note: Hannah is a code for the sun.

Go Down Hannah

This is one of my favorite traditional Blues songs to sing. Also known as "The Killing Floor Blues" which refers to coming upon hard times and having to work in a slaughter house. This song also highlights the call and response that happens between the voice and the guitar in this genre.

With blues/folk/roots music lyrics often change with the teller and the experiences they bring to the music. i had never heard a woman singing this song...or singing it with lyrics that refer to loving another woman, or doing whatever it took to support and love their partner during said hard times. 

Recorded live at Aulnay All Blues Festival in France with the Heritage Blues Trio in 2009. 

Hard Times - Live

Dionne defines musical brilliance. Her songs are balm for the soul, exploring the most intimate corridors of the heart and powerfully conveying both the joy and pain of life. As a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and producer, she's not only garnered a legion of fans but also earned praise from music icons like Prince, who inspired her forthcoming album Revelation (2017) to be released on Free & Clear Records. "Dionne Farris … she really got me through a lot of this time," Tupac Shakur once stated about his incarceration, further underscoring the transcendence of her artistry. Dionne's solo journey began with Wild Seed-Wild Flower (1994), which spawned the Top 5 Grammy-nominated hit "I Know," while her timeless recording of "Hopeless" for the movie Love Jones (1997) became a modern classic. Following the long-awaited release of For Truth If Not Love (2011), she won critical acclaim with a trio of self-produced albums Signs of Life (2011), Dionne Get Your Gunn (2013), and her tribute to Dionne Warwick, DionneDionne (2014), which reached the Top 5 iTunes Jazz Chart as well as the Top 20 on Billboard's Jazz Chart. Whether melding rock and funk, bringing a soulful edge to jazz, or infusing hip hop and house with her singular style, Dionne's voice is a gift of untold wonders.

Touch Me Better FCR

Dionne Farris

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