“Flava In Ya Ear”
“Craig is hip-hop’s George Clinton” — Sean Combs
New Work From The Breeders: “Wait In The Car”
From All Nerve (2018)
Kim Deal Self-released
The John Coltrane Quartet, 1963: “Afro Blue”
For the sheer pleasure of watching Mcoy Tyner’s fingers work magic and soulful wonder on the keys.
John Coltrane, Mcoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones
Sand, Sun And Song: The Triangular Sounds Of LA Priest
“Oino,” from the Inji release.
On Domino Record Co, UK
Spacious New Work From Khruangbin: “Friday Morning”
From Con Todo El Mundo
On Dead Oceans, Austin TX
A Song To “Mama Africa,” Miriam Makeba, From Jain
“Makeba,” from the Zanaka release:
New Work From Gorillaz: “Ascension”
Feminism Borne Of A Tangerine’s Skin
Louise Bourgeois demonstrates the peeling of a party tangerine, which no less becomes a commentary on her father’s “detestable” humor and a likely point of awakening of her lifelong feminism:
South African Statesman, Anti-Apartheid Activist, Trumpeter Hugh Masekela Dead At 78
Hugh Masekela
RIP
1939 | 2018
The founder of South African Jazz, an anti-apartheid activist and, as a result, a man decades in exile, Hugh Masekela pushed on into deeper waters. May the winds catch his every sail.
“Witch Doctor,” one of the greats in any genre, is below, as is “Grazing in the Grass,” “Stimela (Coal Train),” and “Mandela (Bring Him Back Home).”
Witch Doctor (2003)
Pachanga Boys: “Power”
Mbongwana Star: “Malukayi”
54 Years Later, Ms. Oprah Winfrey
Graven Image: The Fraught And Fucked History Of Stone Mountain
Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia’s Stone Mountain.
New Work From Hurray For Riff Raff: “Living In The City”
Kurt Vonnegut On The Shapes of Stories
Rejected as a master’s thesis in Anthropology, Kurt Vonnegut went on to detail the Shapes of Stories in his book, A Man Without A Country, which is highlighted in abbreviated form in the lecture below:
The graphic below, designed by Maya Eilam, is drawn from Vonnegut’s book A Man Without A Country: