If you've been longing for something new from Prince don't bother waiting for the lawyers and his estate to resolve who owns the rights to what's in that vault, just rip into Janelle Monae's Make Me Feel. Everything about this track and the slinky sexed up strut of its video is pure Prince, so it wasn't a surprise to find out that he was working with Monae on her new material … [Read more...]
Nicky Bomba – Podcast (Part 2)
Nicky Bomba. An avid musicologist with an interest running deep through many musical genres and the cultures that created them. In part one of the Sound Distractions podcast with Nicky he looked back over the early part of his career – embracing a broad palette of music that included funk, jazz, reggae and mento. In the process he shared his passion for music and his desire to … [Read more...]
Nicky Bomba – Podcast (Part 1)
Nicky Bomba is a true musical maverick. Call him a gypsy, a troubadour or a pioneer – no matter how you see him he’s a man who is motivated by his muse and one who has taken a remarkable journey. He first gained public attention in the mid 90’s with his band The Truth and became part of Australia’s emerging funk scene with contemporaries like Skunkhour, Supergroove, Dig, … [Read more...]
Show Some Emotion – Joan Armatrading
There’s something about the sound of the early Joan Armatrading albums that made music in the 70’s so good, particularly her self titled album from 1976 and Show Some Emotion which was released the following year. Before moving into a more pop oriented style these Armatrading albums from the mid 70’s were very much a product of the singer/songwriter era with considerable jazz … [Read more...]
Michael Franti – Podcast
Michael Franti first came to prominence fronting the hip hop band The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, particularly through the song Television, The Drug Of The Nation – a scathing attack on politics, corporate greed, sloganeering, the mass media and those who failed to question the messages they were fed or the motivations behind them in the “United States of unconsciousness”. … [Read more...]