The HighLife

Adam Gibbons (Uhuru Afrika) put me on to a really awesome website recently, called AwesomeTapesfromAfrica (ATfA).  Literally an awesome collection of tapes made and found all over Africa, and compiled on to one website for your listening pleasure.  On there I came across Snr. Eddie Donkor's Eye Banker, which the author describes as "Perfect Ghanaian highlife from a legendary guitarist-bandleader. This is the best highlife album in my life right now. Synths and brotherly advice about money, women and gossip. Exactly."  You'll find the whole album and more on ATfA, but you can get started with the first two tracks from the album here.  Enjoy.

 Snr Eddie Donkor - Eye Banker
Snr Eddie Donkor - Kwaku Anase

Nneka - Heartbeat

Courtesy of DJ/Producer Ryan Durkin (aka Captain Durk) by way of OnAFriday.com comes a hot blend of tracks to help take your mind off the cold weather for a bit.   Those that had the benefit of catching Do It Again (arguably the best Boston Sunday night dance party ever) before it closed are probably halfway through the download already... Umm, what are you waiting on?

Download: Ryan Durkin - Any Given Friday

The Roots -  How I Got over

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age

For those unaware of the rare quality of funk and soul in and around New England, it might be partly because you've never heard the Galactic Fractures radio show.  It's hosted by PJ Gray and broadcast Sundays 2-4pm on WMFO 91.5FM .  Whether it's PJ spinning or one of the several amazing DJ's to have graced the decks at WMFO, the quality speaks for itself.  So do the archives, dating back to 2001.  The Galactic Fractures website might be exactly what your music library is lacking.  I'll jumpoff with two sick shows from the archive. The rest is in your hands. Start digging....

DJ Claude Money - 07/03/07

DJ Bogart - 09/30/07

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