BIG HEAD STEVENSON

Friday, March 26, 2010

Terakaft - Akh Issudar (2008)

Malian desert guitar blues. Members of Tinariwen.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Rhythm Rockers - Soul Surfin' (1963)

Really gets you in the mood.

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Oriental Sunshine - Dedicated To The Bird We Love (Norway 1969)

Vibing out on Californian breezes with sitars and tablas throughout the entirety of this. Gets a little old but has a few worth the while.

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VA - Greek Folk & Popular Music From 78s (late 1930s - mid 1950s)

Can't find the record cover for this.

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Various Artists - Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long (1927-1934)

Mississippi Records 2008

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Various Artists - I Woke Up One Morning In May (1927-1934)

Mississippi Records 2009

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Various Artists - Life is a Problem

Mississippi Records 2007

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Washington Phillips - I Am Born to Preach the Gospel (1927-1939 Texas)

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited

Collected Classic Cuts & Rare Tracks From The Lion Of Zimbabwe (1978-2002)

Hondo (1992)

Mr Music (1985)

Mabasa (1984)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Neil Young & Devo - My My Hey Hey

Neil Young & Devo

Friday, January 8, 2010

Various Artists - New Orleans Funk (Volumes 1 & 2)

Volume 1

Volume 2

Nigeria 70; The Definitive Story of 1970's Funky Lagos (disc 2)

This is the second disc in a three disc series. Adboju Logun by Shina Williams & his African percussionists (track 10) is the jam on this beast. Hopefully will have the other two discs updated on here in the next couple of weeks.

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Brian Eno & John Cale - Wrong Way Up (1990)

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Art Ensemble of Chicago

Les Stances a Sophie (1970)

Comme à la Radio (featuring Brigitte Fontaine 1971)

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Jack Rose

Two Originals of Jack Rose (2004)

Raag Manifestos (live 2004)

Kensington Blues (2005)

Opium Musick (2006)

Dr Ragtime & Pals / Self Titled (2008)

Jack Rose & Ian Nagoski playing in my home late 2007. Photo by Lesser Gonzalez.

Be sure to check out his last release which will be released through Thrill Jockey in 2010.

Steffen Basho-Junghans

Songs of the Earth (2000)

Last Days of the Dragon (2006)

Late Summer Morning (2006)

Monday, December 7, 2009

Tchoumbeun Alfred "Papa Noël" - Tamba Zazou

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Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira OST (Japan 1988)

The discontinued soundtrack to Katsuhiro Ôtomo film adaptation of Akira.

Part 1
Part 2

Alessandro Alessandroni & Nora Orlandi - Music For Strange Situations (2002)

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Vis-a-Vis - Odo Guahoroo

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Friday, December 4, 2009

Wild Out Radio 90.7

Hey if you're living in Baltimore and don't already know 90.7 is now playing reggae without commercials. For those that aren't you can stream at http://www.wildoutradioonline.com/ .

Monday, November 30, 2009

Spiritual Singers - Ntsamina (1980 Congo)

Mississippi Records, Congolese gospel group.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Manos Xatzidakis - Sweet Movie OST (1974)

The soundtrack to Makavejev's 1974 banned film Sweet Movie. The film was recently re-released by criterion. Thanks to Alan for finding this.

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I had this down for a bit, was having trouble with mediafire. The file should be in working order now.

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Pupils - The Pupils (Baltimore 2002)

Asa and Daniel from Lungfish.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Ecstatic Sunshine - Way

This is the album we made while I was in Ecstatic.

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Cex - Bataille Royale (2009)

Rjyan asked me to put his newest album up on here and I'm very pleased to be doing so.

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Friday, September 4, 2009

Various Artists - Éthiopiques Volume 1 Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language

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Monday, August 17, 2009

James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game (UK 2009)

Works of 12 string guitar.

Fixed file, previously corrupted.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Vieux Farka Touré - World Village

Ali Farka Touré's son Vieux's first LP. Became a guitar virtuoso after his father pressured him to become a soldier. Features his father's last recordings.

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