For those of you kids who can't dig enough Vampire Weekend and would like to explore some of their 60s pop West African phrasings and instrumentation in higher doses than you might get in something like Paul Simon's "Graceland," head over to http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com
for some cold turkey. Bah-wah to Frank, the curator, for shutting down his weekly dance party a week before I head back to NY. Frank, I'mnaming all my babies after you anyway.
This year was the year of blogspot and the mp3 blog for me for sure. I learned that if you google the name of an artist plus blogspot you can find some fanatic out there who will not only share all his mp3s with you, but he will also wax poetic about session musicians, labels, the social/economic/political climate that made the music necessary and even the appropriate ice cream flavor to eat while you listen. Ok, I stole that one from City Slickers!
Click the links. With Voodoo Funk as a starting point, you can find some really great blogs. I recommend http://funky16corners.blogspot.com and http://ironleg.blogspot.com to anyone who's anyone. For more soul, check out http://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com and on the West African tip check out http://combandrazor.blogspot.com.
And don't front. I know you know "Graceland" like the back of your hand.
** CORRECTION 1:
Two of those are really wordpress blogs. Hope nobody got hurt.
"Graceland" was recorded in South Africa and that is, by definition, not in West Africa. Blogging makes me nervous.
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