Soul Power

I've been waiting some time now for the Soul Power documentary to reach DVD. I picked up a copy in the city and watched it closely last night. Wow! Great footage and incredible sound. My only gripe is about the shortage of concert footage...I want more of Franco, OK Jazz, Tabu Ley, Afrisa, Miriam Makeba, Manu Dibango, Hugh Masekela and others. Apparently there is another 12 hours of concert footage waiting....

Now many people have asked me to re-up the James Brown performance from Kinshasa in 1974 and so here it is, once more!
James Brown- The Godfather Goes To Africa
The Zaire Music Festival, Kinshasa Stadium, 23/9/74
1. Intro
2. The Payback
3. Soul Power
4. The Boss
5. Make It Easy
6. Doin' It To Death
7. Bewildered
8. Sex Machine
9. Interlude
10. The James Brown Theme Part 1
11. The James Brown Theme Part 2
12. Caught With A Bag / Gimme Some More
13. Get On The Good Foot Part 1
14. Get On The Good Foot Part 2
15. It's a Man's World Jam Part 1
16. It's a Man's World Jam Part 2
17. Money
18. Finale
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Previously posted with words from Fred Wesley back in Jan 07

Decorate the skies

Another friendly dose from the matsuli mosiac:
2009 Matsulidelic Autumn Mix
1. Molalatladi - BLK JKS from their debut LP on Secretly Canadian, these South African rockers keep trying to live up to the hype
2. The Best Of Good Love Gone - 24-Carat Gold from the Numero issue of previously unreleased material
3. Roforofo Fight - Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Feat. Mayra Caridad Valdes in which the Fela standard gets the Egrem house treatment via Brownwood
4. Pray For Rain (feat. Tunde Adebimpe) - Massive Attack, a big collaboration and a gentle song
5. Fine - yU from the Brownswood Bubblers 4 compilation all cut and pasted
6. Ha Dvash - Fool's Gold, a hybrid Hebrew Afro-blues track rooted in the Sahara
7. Safari Salvaje - Los Rápidos from the wonderful second volume of Cuban funk Si Para Usted Vol. 2: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba
8. Meu Mundo - Otto, from the 2009 album Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos - enchanting as always from Recife in Brazil with blends of regional rhythm, rock and electronica
9. tui fin mi gomienzo - Ocote Soul Sounds And Adrian Quesada abstract and dubbed out territory for this afrofunk duo
10. Ghost Town - Zeep great version of the Jerry Dammers classic
11. I Do - Gin Wigmore New Zealand's much hyped singer-songwriter with just a touch of Amy creeping through
12. All Tomorrow's Parties - Beck from the fan-club "Beck plays The Velvet Underground and Nico LP"
13. Nangu Sobeh - Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara no passports or visas required, deep roots meets the rock mountain
14. The Rider - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis soundtrack sounds from the Aussie riders
15. Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar - Grupo Los Yoyi from another highly recommended Cuban funk compilation Revolucion! Original Cuban Funk Grooves 1967-1978
16. It's A Dream - Little Ed one of the many outstanding tracks on the Numero Light on the South Side compilation of bluesy funk from Chicago
17. Not Tomorrow - Living Colour 2009 saw a focussed album from Vernon Reid's Living Colour and this is just one of them
18. Ebo Lala w/ Seifu Yohannes - Mulatu Astatke at last the much anticipated Mulatu retrospective sees the light of day
19. Minkou E So Non Mon - T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou and lastly from the latest installment of Benin grooves from Analog Africa here's a killer dancefloor filler.
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