cross posted from here
sugary, stringy, pop goodness from all over the place for some sunday afternoon house cleaning. a little departure from the funk and thangs.
001 Seu Jorge - Tive Razao
002 Loney, Dear - I Am John
003 Ivy League - London Bridges
004 Michael Hurley - Hog Of The Forsaken
005 Art Baron - Creole Love Call
006 Smokey & Miho - Bocoche
007 Jorge Ben - O Namorado da Viuva
008 Medeski, Martin & Wood - We’re All Connected
i caught ‘city of god’, featuring seu jorge, one night way past my bedtime and it was a pretty decent movie. scooped up one of his albums and surprise - he’s a pretty decent song writer too.
loney, dear and ivy league are both super sugary pop bands that have been in my player for a long time but never found a place in the house of royale series.
i found out about michael hurley when ‘hog of the forsaken’ was featured on the ending credits to one of the episodes from deadwood. i really like the vocal here that goes down well with the violin. come to find out his catalog has many similar gems worth digging around for.
art baron’s take on duke ellington’s ‘creole love call’ is quite possibly the most sublime piece of blues i’ve heard. short and sweet - just right. this track comes from ‘red, hot & indigo’, which is top notch stuff and not your typical tribute album.
the smokey & miho is for swampfunk - i can up the whole album for you if you don’t already have it and i think the jorge ben track compliment each other nicely.
the last track from mmw’s new ‘kids’ album joins other tracks in their oeuvre like ‘moti mo’ and ‘toy dancing’ that are both gentle and groovey at the same time. don’t be fooled by the ‘kids’ tag - the new album is one of their finest efforts yet.
