Author Archives: eddiespageti

It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but today I went back to a classic NAAD selection technique: learning about an artist because of their death. I read about the passing of Big Pokey, a legend in the Houston hip hop scene, last week, along with many tributes from some heavy hitters. Whenever thisContinue reading “#1136 – The Hardest Pit In The Litter by Big Pokey”

I was just listening to an older song by these guys and wondered what has become of them. They were pretty huge for a while there and had some of the coolest music videos around. I’d never listened to this album, which was their last release and is now coming up on 10 years sinceContinue reading “#1135 – Hungry Ghosts by OK Go”

While I was working at a Juneteenth festival on Monday, my wife and daughters went to see The Little Mermaid, which was the kids’ first movie theater experience. Their reviews have been so positive that I started looking up other stuff that Halle Bailey has done, which led me to this album, her third releaseContinue reading “#1134 – Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle”

Not sure how I have overlooked this album until today. Obviously, I’ll have to do some digging to find out about other collaborations that Björk had done.

I worked at a Juneteenth festival today in LA’s Leimert Park that was meant to be headlined by Jazmine Sullivan. Unfortunately, her set was abruptly cancelled after a couple stampedes caused by unclear circumstances. Various stories went around, from a gun being pulled to a fence being knocked over and bottles broken. Fortunately, it doesn’tContinue reading “#1132 – Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan”

While I realize that I listened to a recording of Gustav Holst’s The Planets not too long ago, I came across this unique version and had to pass it along. This one is an all-electronic reimagining of the classic piece by a legendary composer and prolific electronic musician.

I was listening to the livestream of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival last night and Bela Fleck brought out Basseku Kouyate for a couple songs, calling him the Bela Fleck of Mali. Which conversely makes Bela Fleck the Basseku Kouyate of America. That’s how that works, right?

I really love to listen to new albums on the day that they are released, especially when they are by one of my favorite artists who haven’t put out a studio album in about 10 years. Very excited for this one.