British bass guitarist Yolanda Charles carries some powerful stories
about trust, luck, mentorship, motherhood, and music. She shares some of them in our far-reaching conversation on these and other topics. Why does luck sometimes happen in life? Are some people born lucky? Do we make our own luck? What choices and conditions invite it in? This conversation gave me insight into these questions, and I hope it will for you as well.

About Yolanda Charles:
Yolanda Charles is a touring musician and mother of three, who has
played and toured with Squeeze, Hans Zimmer, Robbie Williams, Mick
Jagger, and others. You can support her on Patreon and find her work on Youtube, Soundcloud, and her website.

MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/yoyobasscharles 
WEBSITE: https://g4dz.com/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/YoBassCharles/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yolandacharlesmusic

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Yolanda Charles: Trusting Life (E55)

God Bless The Child Mix 3

Gaujirekere Mix 6a

My Funny Valentine recorded with John Bennett Band at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in early 2012. Barbara on vocals.

My Funny Valentine

Hemulen

The Final HoooH'Graa!

Estonian DJ and producer Ali Asker drops three original productions on Green Village Records with remixes from Plan B boss DJ Spider and Sistrum Recordings owner Patrice Scott.
Ali Asker is an exciting emerging talent who runs the burgeoning Liithelli Records in Estonia. A meeting at a Berlin jazz night sparked a relationship between him and Green Village Records. Two years later and Asker is finally releasing his ‘Ascent EP’ on the label, joined by two highly regarded producers on remix duties; DJ Spider, one of New York’s most reputable underground producers, as well as Detroit’s Patrice Scott, who has consistently delivered quality deep house for well over a decade.
‘Standards’ displays syncopated drum work, glitched samples and airy chord progressions floating above a series of interlinking bass melodies which build to captivating lead synth motifs before ‘Concatenate’ hypnotic motifs seamlessly interact and hang amongst deep and murky atmospheres, all underpinned by weighted percussive loops and a rumbling low end.
‘Ascent’ is an ambient collection of rise and fall arpeggios and polyrhythmic layering, augmented by intelligent filter manipulation before the introduction of sustained bass tones and haunting drones. DJ Spider adds rolling 4/4 percussion as a foundation for variations of the original synth lines and oppressive soundscapes before Patrice Scott’s take on ‘Ascent’ provides shuffling house drum loops and upbeat synthesiser riffs to close out the release in style.
Ali Asker’s ‘Ascent EP’ drops on Green Village Records on 16th February 2018.

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I played in one take using a digital delay with pedals and a Tootle Bug (octave divider with zero latency.)  The delay had facilities that are lacking on a loop station unfortunately and, of course, I sold my delay.  I must be mad!

Trombone Delay

Steve Lodder, Josefina Cupido, Paul Nieman combined are The Elephant Trio.
Current demos  - 7 tracks one for each day of the week.

Haze

Here I talk with Zach Bush, MD, a doctor with a background in endocrinology who "went holistic" and turned toward gut/brain health, the microbiome, and soil science. Our conversation covered a lot of ground: evolution, the importance of biological diversity for personal, social, and ecological health, the inventive fecundity of life, the role of viruses in sharing genetic information, and more. I expect this conversation will help expand people's horizons in trying to understand health and sickness in the Covid era.

Del Bigtree podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXI0UEmCsEw
About Zach: https://zachbushmd.com/video/the-highwire/

Haze

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