This mix is not for the faint of heart, so all you groovy geezers take it easy with this one, and let the Daptone crew guide you through a soulful journey of some of our favorite party starters, and late night movers. Get ready, cause we're gonna swing folks. There's a Happening going down in Bushwick, and we here at Daptone Records would like to share it with you. You don't have to be hip, but… more »
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
Jimi Hendrix's Hall Of Fame status is sealed by a fistful of incendiary pop/rock classics - including "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady" - as well as vivid memories of his onstage showmanship. However, all of this represents just the tip of his volcanic legacy. Many Hendrixes were crammed into his three intense years as a rock superstar - balladeer, bluesman, soundboard futurist, fretboard dissident. He could have gone in any one of multiple directions had… more »
Jimi Hendrix stands at the apex of 20th century guitarists, atop the pyramid of a hundred-year span in which that simple stringed instrument became the defining sound tool of several musical generations. In one left-handed upside-down human, all the innovations and genres that the guitar helped engender came together in a solo career that lasted, surprisingly, less than half a decade. He bridged blues, folk, rock and jazz; acoustic filigree and electric feedback; showmanship, sprawling… more »
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