Soul Sides — Qrquesta Cubana De Música Moderna: VehicleLos Papines: Para Qué NiegasBoth from Si Para Usted Vol. 2: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba (Waxing Deep, 2009)Can it be already two years since the first volume of this series appeared? The folks... more info

Soul Sides — Reuben Bell & the Casanovas: It's Not That EasyFrom 7" (Murco, 1967). Also on Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 1Reuben Bell: Superjock From 7" (Alarm, 1975). Also on New Orleans Funkiest DelicaciesI had never heard of Reuben Bell until ten years... more info

JamBase — CHALI 2NA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM FISH OUTTA WATER ON JUNE 23 Chali 2na set to join the Rock The Bells Tour this Summer Chali 2na Renaissance man Chali 2na, founding member the seminal hip-hop group Jurassic 5, is exc... more info

AllHipHop — Pioneering Hip-Hop collective De La Soul will tour Australia starting April 26 in celebration of their 20th anniversary.   De La will be joined by popular DJ Cut Chemist on the tour, which will see the grew run through their deep catalog, backed by... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Roots, Cut Chemist, will.i.am, TV on the Radio and others take on the singer's hits. Carole Cole says her late father 'would be excited about this.' It was 50 years ago that Nat Ki... more info

All About Jazz — The Roots, Cut Chemist, will.i.am, TV on the Radio and others take on the singer's hits. Carole Cole says her late father 'would be excited about this.' It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering street-sid... more info

Totally Fuzzy — dick said...Bob Dylan: FreewheelinBob Dylan:Highway 61both SACD/Superbitmappingripped as WAVE's for best audioresults, including coverarthttp://neukhet.blogspot.comhellpunk said...fleas and lice-early yearsfleas and lice-prepare for armageddonhttp://... more info

JamBase — RE:GENERATIONS FEATURES REVAMPS FROMTV ON THE RADIO, BEBEL GILBERTO, STEPHEN MARLEY, THE ROOTS During the past several months, Nat King Cole has virtually been in the studio and on the mic with some of today's hip-hop, Latin, reggae and rock artists... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Deaf, Dumb, Blind said...Adorable - Against Perfection (1993)Adorable - Fake (1994)Silver - White Diary (2004)Shriekback - Oil & Gold (1985)Skyphone - Fabula (2004)Kahimi Karie - Kahimi Karie (1998)http://musistenz.blogspot.com Josh said...The Deuce ... more info

Pitchfork — The psychedelic jazz composer David Axelrod (pictured) is not the same David Axelrod who masterminded Barack Obama's presidential campaign, but this Axelrod is more important for our purposes here at Pitchfork. This Axelrod got his start produci... more info