This week we feature the source material of some of the most influential tracks in hip-hop.
Do you sometimes expect whistles and instead it’s flutes? Yeah, same.
What is a dogie, anyway?
Cowboy Favorites LP on Real Gone Music
Cowboy Favorites on AppleMusic
Music of Clint Eastwood on Wikipedia
Dogie on Free Dictionary
The King of Tears on Malcom Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast
Clint Eastwood Sings on Rawhide on YouTube
This week we bring you magic (psychedelic) guitar from Lebanon
Belly Dance from Lebanon on Amazon
Omar Khorshid on Wikipedia
Omar Khorshid Fan Website
Omar Khorshid Solo Guitar on YouTube
This album has nothing to do with Middle Eastern music ... or does it?
We straighten out once and for all these eleventeen million of George Clinton projects, or at least we try.
Happy 4th of July! Nothing says patriotism like racism and suppressing civil rights. Wait, what?
A solid compilation of one of our favorite latin style big band artists.
Some good old hi-fi shenanigans featuring sound zooming across channels, and lots of cha-cha-cha!
Happy birthday, Geminis! Here's your psychedelic horoscope.
We’re going to Hollywood! This week we feature serious harp playing by a legendary comedian.
Exotica gets meta in this episode! You won’t want to miss the biography of this artist!
Korla Pandit Bio on Fan Webpage
Slightly psychedelic prog rock allegedly recorded by The Beatles. Spoiler alert: nope, but still, recommended listening!
Welcome to the 80s and songs about houses! It's the Living in Hi-Fi version of VH1 "Where are They Now?"
A staple of our easy listening collection! Upbeat, loungey, bossa nova and pop on a Hammond organ.
This week we feature post-apocalyptic satire from an era we more often recognize for its optimism.
Folk Songs for the 21st Century on AppleMusic
Folk Songs for the 21st Century on Amazon
Folk Songs for the 21st Century on Radioactive Green LP
You’re probably not on vacation in the Caribbean right now, but you can imagine that you are listening to this album!
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In honor of April Fools’ Day we discuss puns, satire, and fart noises.
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The best in American-Brazilian bossa nova collaboration. We only bust on Stan Getz a little bit.
Wherein we profess our undying love of 1960s A&M (despite it being problematic). Maybe Herb Alpert is over the top for you, you need something more chill? Baja Marimba Band is the answer!
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Science-fiction themes, atom punk, listener request, oh yeah and DISCO... this episode has it all.
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This album is outside of our normal easy listening because it is both a new release and EPIC. It’s got a comic book that accompanies it and musicians veiled in anonymity. We’re so into it and hope you are too.
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We discovered Wilmoth Houdini way back in episode seven! This album is a compilation of Calypso music recorded in the 1930s.
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A new to us crooner found via digital and acquired on vinyl. You’ll love his wide range and clear tones covering some lovely vocal standards.
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This album looks like it might be a romantic pick for Valentine’s Day. Is it? And what exactly is a nib anyway?
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