I for one am pretty bored of hearing Michael Jackson tunes…you couldn’t seem to escape them after he popped his clogs last year. It’s a shame as some of them were fantastic but lots of them were complete crap (’The Girl is Mine’, anyone?). I love a good cover version and I love brass bands so what better way to breathe some new life into some well worn tunes by combining the two. Read the rest of this entry »
As the sun has finally decided to grace us with it’s presence I thought I’d post up this beautiful cover of ‘Here Comes the Sun’ off the album of the same name by Nina Simone. In my ignorance I wasn’t aware of this album before, but I may have to track it down if this is anything to go by. Enjoy!
As a tribute to Rage Against the Machine releasing Simon Cowell’s stranglehold on the christmas number one (and helping to make a big fat pile of cash for charity in the process) here’s a take on “Killing in the Name of” you may not know of. “So why haven’t you played it in the podcast?” I hear you ask. Well it just so happens I’ve given it a spin in the mildly festive Show 50!
Fellow manchester music blogger’s and night putter-onners, Northern Comfort graciously allowed me to knock together an hour long mix for their smashing website. It’s a mix of mellow moments building up into a quirky funk crescendo, some of which you pay have noticed getting a spin in previous podcasts. Check out the mix here and look out for their night down the Salutation Pub. Next saturday sounds like it will be huge…
This week’s show stretches beyond the usual 30(ish) minute mix as it kicks off with the full 9 minute version of James Brown’s ‘Funky Drummer’. Sometimes it’s good to be reminded of the basics. We then travel through a selection of latin and afro numbers and throw in a rap classic for good measure, including an appearance of a young Queen Latifah. Also included is an alternative mix of the awesome Dynamics tune featured in show 42. Proceedings are concluded with an awesome afro funk cover version of classic ‘Funky Nassau’ by The Beginning of the End.
What happens when you combine Stevie Wonder and The Beatles into one neat little package? Awesome happens. Here, Mt. Wonder belts out his rendition of The Beatles’ ‘We Can Work it Out’ in the way that only he can. It seems that you can pick up this tune on a compilation of Beatles cover versions, which includes the wonderful version of ‘Live and Let Die’ by Dragononnaires which was featured on an earlier podcast. Pick it up here, or indeed here if you’re more vinyl inclined.
Just ordered this little Gem from Fat City Records (follow them on Twitter)- an AWESOME reggae cover version of ODB’s ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya’ by Prince Fatty. This one’s going in the next podcast for sure!
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