NPR Tiny Desk Live Performances

Lupe Fiasco + Kanye West + Mos Def + Robert Glasper - Live Cypher @ The Blue Note 2-26-11

On his recent trip to London, the man like Diggs Duke was gifted the keys to the Brownswood Basement. This playlist is the result of his vinyl rummagings, and it is pretty great. 

Tracklist:
Langston Hughes – Excerpt from ‘The Trumpet Player, 52nd Street’ (Black Forum)
Frank Foster & The Loud Minority – E.W. Beautiful People (Red Lion)
Leon Thomas – Prince of Peace (Soul Brother Records)
Moacir Santos – Haply Happy (Blue Note)
Salif Keita – Primpin’ (Mango)
Harold McKinney – Dolphin Dance (Tribe)
Hilton C. Felton – The Power Of Love, (It’s In My Heart) (Hilton’s Concept)
The Emotions – I Wouldn’t Lie (Columbia)

You can order Diggs' new EP "The Upper Hand and Other Grand Illusions" here:
smarturl.it/diggsdukeupperhand

Tracklist:
1. Forever Love Is Tainted
2. A Private Island
3. The Pinnacle (of Class and Taste)
4. Our Love Was Brand New
5. Covered in Cloth
6. Secrets Seem Rehearsed

Diggs Duke Keys To The Brownswood Basement Mix x HUCK Magazine

The power of Afrobeat, sizzling funk, righteous hip hop, rootsy grooves and 20 of the hottest musicians from Melbourne's booming music scene, all come together on the sublime debut by The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra.

Hot on the heels of their impeccable vinyl-only release Two Sides of the Truth/Do Anything Go Anywhere, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra have made an album to command the attention of world music fans, hip hop aficionados, jazz cats, funk and soul freaks and indie hipsters alike.

There are strong echoes of the Afrobeat movement from the 1960s-70s, as well as the influences of the African diaspora in Australia over the past decade, yet this is boundary free, totally modern music that sounds as fresh in the clubs as on the streets of Melbourne where it was born.

Do Anything Go Anywhere delivers seven irresistibly loose-limbed, exotic jams which resonate with ferocious grooves, positive messages, conscious hip hop and gutsy soul. Lyrical odes to the power of resistance and the spirit of the African and Australian people hit home with smoking hot sing song vocals, heavy duty horns, gritty guitar grooves, jazzy solos, all snaking out on top of the infectious polyrhythms of the percussion section.

In 2009, the core members of The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra travelled to Africa to immerse themselves in the roots of Afrobeat and record the basis of Do Anything Go Anywhere. They jammed with family members of Fela Kuti at Lagos, Nigeria's Afrika Shrine nightclub (the home of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat revolution in the 1970s), collaborated with local Nigerian hip hop stars Modenine and Terry Tha Rapman, and journeyed to South Africa to record with rising hip hop star Tumi. 

Back in Australia, the ever-rotating roster of the Orchestra poured into the studio to lay down the grooves and unique voices of Do Anything Go Anywhere. The Orchestra lineup includes African expats, local hip hop and funk merchants and the cream of the Melbourne jazz scene. The explosive result is Do Anything Go Anywhere, one of the most electrifying, inspiring and unique records you'll hear all year.


The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra - Boom Boom

Dear Dilla, you shaped my perception for music in ways I can't describe in words. Music has always touched my heart, but your music moved my soul. You had a gift of making the most creative music using samples from the most unlikely sources. I'll never understand why someone like you, who could have given the world so much more, would be taken way so soon. Dilla, you "literally" changed lives and you probably saved lives too, because when you make music "straight from the heart," it's not just music anymore.

You will always be my favorite musician of all time....

Thank You Dilla, Rest In Peace

---- I DO NOT OWN ANY PART OF THIS TRACK --- I'm simply trying to express my soul, support my favorite artists and help spread good music to those who might not have heard it.

*LOVE, PEACE & MUSIC*

J Dilla // Michael Jackson - Players vs Butterfly's

I do not own this music. It belongs to Anderson .Paak. I just wanted to share his live work.

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

The Roots feat. Bilal: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Dirty Dozen Brass Band - NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

from Seeds LP, produced by Madlib. 
Available now http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/seeds/id507507721

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Best Love

PILLAR

The Trap (feat. MonoNeon, Victor Wooten, Weedie Braimah, & Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah)

Sept. 27, 2017 | Abby O'Neill -- Reggae has long been the most vivid musical escape for me. Its soul-cleansing riddims always feel familiar and cozy, like rushing into your lover's arms after a significant time away. This is especially true for roots reggae, whose staccato guitar licks, billowing bass, and sonic splashes on a canvas of negative space, are like salve for the soul. The mid-tempo pulse varnishes heads with Kool-Aid grins and daydreams of living beachside amid nature's unrestricted beauty.

Given all that, you can understand why I've been obsessed with Chronixx lately. At a time when dancehall has been dominating the Jamaican soundscape, its refreshing to hear the man born Jamar McNaughton carrying the roots-revival torch for a younger generation and expanding upon the footprint left by his world-renowned predecessors.

Chronixx and his band Zincfence Redemption paid a long-awaited visit to the Tiny Desk to perform three songs from his sophomore album, Chronology.


Set List:

"Skankin' Sweet"
"Majesty"
"Spanish Town Rocking"

Musicians:

Jamar McNaughton "Chronixx" (vocals); Evan Mason (keys); Stephen Coore (guitar); N'Namdi Robinson (guitar); Hector Lewis (percussion); Adrian Henry (bass); Oliver Thompson (drums)

Credits:

Producers: Abby O'Neill, Niki Walker, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Tsering Bista, Morgan Noelle Smith, Bronson Arcuri; Production Assistant: Jenna Li; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.

Background vocals on Chronixx NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

A DEDICATION PROJECT TO CRIS"MUSE"ZEPEDA, WHO ALSO INSPIRED THE HIT STREET SINGLE "MAJOR"PRODUCED BY JAYLIB....AND ALSO THIS TAPE IS FOR COREY"DELSONIC ROSE"ASHFORD, FOR BEING THERE WHEN THIS WHOLE FLOHEMIAN THING STARTED...WE WILL LOVE YOU BOTH ETERNALLY...COLORS DRIPPIN OFF THE MUSETAPE!!

7.Tidal Wave-Ronnie laws(Produced by iLLogic)

Christian Scott ATunde Adjuah NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Palaver

Oddisee Remix of Queen of Hearts 
originally from The Black Opera album Libretto: Of King Legend

Christian Scott ATunde Adjuah NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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