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Marva Whitney’s classic soul anthem Unwind Yourself reached the mainstream through DJ Kool’s hip-hop hit Let Me Clear My Throat…. There are some tracks that pretty anyone under the age of 40 would recognise if played, even if they weren’t sure why. Unwind Yourself by Marva Whitney is one such song. Originally a backing singer [...]

British dance maestros Zero 7 make the hip-hop classic Umi Says by Mos Def even more beautiful than it was to start with on this great remix… If you’ve read any of my previous posts you may know that British DJ Gilles Peterson is a bit of a God in my book – the guy [...]

Jazz singer Jamie Cullum turns Pharrell & Jay-Z track Frontin’ into a smooth classic… When rapper/producer/clothing label owner Pharrell Williams appeared on the cover of now defunct style magazine The Face, he was (in my eyes at least) the coolest man on the planet. Responsible for great tracks by Justin Timberlake, Nelly, Snoop and many [...]

A sample from Oh Calcutta by The Meters makes 1 Thing by Amerie the tune of 2005….. The Meters – Oh, Calcutta! So, as I was saying… One of my favourite tracks of last year was 1 Thing by Amerie. I was very glad when the listeners of Gilles Peterson’s radio show agreed with me [...]

The Rub ‘n’ Tug edit of Chicago’s cover version of I’m a Man by the Spencer Davis Group, rocks the disco in New York City….. So, after the best part of 8 years of working online, whether at a chain of Australian internet cafes, an online magazine covering marketing and new media, or my current [...]