Yes, more Zaïko. This group never disappoints, sweet vocals,
subtle rhythms, a never ending pace, very danceable. We had
us a bunch already. Get this one too to
complete your collection.
Jaa, meer Zaïko. Deze groep stelt nooit teleur, heerlijke vokalen,
subtiele ritmes, ze houden de vaart er altijd in, zeer dansbaar. We
hadden er al een reeks. Down deze ook om
je collectie te completeren.
tracks ;
01 – Dalia
02 – Mokili ya nzambe
03 – Mama celina mobateli
04 – Matumoli
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Tracks:
01. It’s Ok
02. Hard to Tell
03. A Little Like My World
04. So Far from the Truth
05. Sorry
06. Stand up and Fight
07. Seasons
08. Substitute
09. Lucky Day
10. Dad’s Song
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Tracks:
01. Sweet Loven Woman
02. Stormy Monday
03. Texas Flood
04. Hey Baby
05. Sweet Sixteen
06. As the Years Go Passing By
07. Night Time is the Right Time
08. Rock Me Baby
09. Hold On
10. Mountain Top
11. You Don’t Have to Go
12. You Got Me Running
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Bernie Griffen is a household name in New Zealand’s country, folk and Americana scene. Host of the 95bFM Border radio show, Griffen releases third album Friday 25th May. Doors Wide Open is the second album from Bernie Griffen & The Thin Men but features a different lineup of musicians and is the first in which he shares the production and recording with long time partner Kirsten Warner.
There’s no point beating around the bush, Bernie never has. This is Griffen’s best yet – the lyrics, the arrangements, the performance.
From the opening track, and first single, ‘My Brain Exploded’, we’re launched straight into the self-portrait and a jaunty exploration of scrambled thinking and relationship negotiation. It’s a testament to both his own sense of imperfection and to his long-standing relationship with Kirsten Warner.
“You’ve been asking questions of my behaviour, I feel like a body full of swollen glands. You laugh and cry and look at me/ Love and doubt and fury in your eyes/ Why can’t you be, a steady man/ And all I can do is sigh.”
Griffen jokes, “Who would write a song about not being able to pay attention? At my age?”
The song is set to a Latin rhythm and is the first of many seamless shifts through genres across the album. From country, blues, folk to the swamp infused or psychedelic country, Doors Wide Open shows us the breadth of interest, writing and style that Griffen and the musicians he surrounds himself with can offer.
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Emilio Castillo doesn’t feel like he’s been leading Tower of Power for 50 years. But it does feel like the brassy group from the Bay Area has some miles on its mouthpieces.
The group is celebrating its golden anniversary with the June 1 release of a new album, Soul Side of Town. And Tower of Power — which still includes original members Castillo, fellow saxophonist Stephen “Doc” Kupka, drummer David Garibaldi and bassist Francis “Rocco” Prestia — will also play a pair of 50th anniversary concerts on June 1-2 at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, Calif., which will be filmed for a documentary. Several former members, including keyboardist Chester Thompson and saxophonist Lenny Pickett, now leading the Saturday Night Live house band, will return for the shows.
The Soul Side of Town album has been in the works since 2012, according to Castillo, recorded over four sessions during the past six years. “The whole idea was to make the best record of our career,” Castillo says. “One of our old managers said, ‘You guys really need to ring the bell this time. You’re at 50 years. You’ve got to make the best record of your career.’ When all was said and done we had finished 28 songs and were ready to pick out the best of those.”
That was a difficult choice as far as Mack Avenue, ToP’s current label, was concerned. Castillo says the company, which has also released some archival titles, was ready to put out the whole batch at once but settled on releasing the 14-track Soul Side Of Town album, co-produced with Joe Vannelli (Gino’s brother) now and another next year. “No matter what we do, we keep sounding like Tower of Power — it’s a curse,” Castillo says with a laugh. “It’s soul music, but it’s an original style of soul music. We have our own particular signature. We mess with the rhythms a lot and create this rhythm section fabric that’s very unique compared to other artists. And then we always have a real premier lead singer and some unique songwriting, great background vocals, some pretty decent production — that’s what makes Tower of Power.”
“On the Soul Side of Town,” meanwhile, was co-written with Leo Sacks, who’s previously written liner notes for some of ToP’s Sony Legacy releases. “‘Soul Side of Town’ is that idea that every major metropolis has that side of town, shall we call it the ‘dark side of the moon area?’ that’s what it’s about. It’s about those soulful places in every city,” Castillo says.
A new album will make ToP’s year busy, but Castillo says good behavior helps to balance everything else. “My answer for ‘How do you do it these days?’ is I tell people ‘God did it and I just showed up,'” he explains. “The first 20 years of my career I made every mistake you can imagine. Drinking and drugging about killed all of us. I got sober in ’88, Doc got sober in ’89, we hired more sane people into the band. But the biggest factor is we don’t chase any trends. We learned a long time ago no matter what we do, we sound like Tower of Power. We’re always making music exactly the way we want it to be, even tweaking the (songs) from the old catalog, updating and changing it on a nightly basis. That makes it easy to go to work every day.”
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