On Friday Absolute Radio announced the result of its song of the decade vote: shockingly the top 10 doesn’t include the Arctic Monkeys, Strokes or White Stripes but does include two songs each by The Killers & Snow Patrol, a…
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Best Albums Of The Noughties
Tagged with: Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Common, Dizzee Rascal, Elbow, Estelle, Fleet Foxes, Gomez, hip hip, jamie lidell, Jazzanova, Jose James, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, list, Marc Mac, Nitin Sawhiney, Norah Jones, noughties, Ohmega Watts, Omar, paul weller, radiohead, rock, the streets, The Strokes, Tuomo, Ty, Visioneers, zero 7
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Best Songs Of The Noughties
So, when Absolute Radio announced their quest to find the best songs of the decade, I said that I found it hard to pick any. Well, I’ve changed my mind, thanks to some inter-office discussions (ending in this playlist) and…
Tagged with: amerie, Amy Winehouse, Aqualung, Arctic Monkeys, ben westbeech, Coldplay, Common, Damon Albarn, Dizzee Rascal, garage, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, hip hop, indie, jamie cullum, jazz, Jose James, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lily Allen, mark ronson, N.E.R.D., noughties, paul weller, pharrell williams, R&B, radiohead, rock, the streets, The Strokes, Travis, zero 7
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Nicola Conte feat. José James – The Nubian Queens
I just got pinged on Facebook by the José James page with the news that the first track from his latest album is now up on his MySpace page, and very nice Save Your Love For Me is; a very…
Jazzanova feat. José James – Little Bird
Anyone who has read this blog on more than one occasion is likely to have realised that I’m rather fond of Mr José James and just about everything that he does. I’m also, as all like-minded people are, rather partial…
The Best Songs Of 2008
I was going to call this post the best singles of 2008 but living as we do in the age of iTunes, I’m just not sure how relevant singles are these days. That said, I’ve tried to restrict my choices…
Tagged with: Adele, Baby Charles, Calvin Harris, Charlie Dark, Chase & Status, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Zinc, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Friendly Fires, gilles peterson, J.A.M, Jamie Liddel, Jeff Buckley, Jose James, Kano, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, N.E.R.D., paul weller, Public Enemy, The Courteneers, the streets, Vampire Weekend, Wylie
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The Best Albums Of 2008
Not that long ago I put out a call for help to find more new music so that I could write a Best Of post for 2008. I felt like I hadn’t really listened to, or bought, that much new…
Tagged with: 2008, brownswood, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, gilles peterson, J.A.M, jamie lidell, Jose James, Kings of Leon, Ladyhawke, list, Nitin Sawhney, paul weller, Q-Tip, the streets, Vampire Weekend
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José James – Equinox (John Coltrane Cover Version)
I’m off to see the wonderful José James at The Roundhouse tomorrow and I’m very excited. And to celebrate what should be an amazing gig, I thought that I’d give you all a glimpse of his finest moment to date.…
J.A.M feat. José James – Jazzy Joint
José James, and Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label which releases his records, really are on one hell of a role at the moment. As if James’ cover of Park Bench People wasn’t enough fabulousness for one Summer, soon to drop is…
Tagged with: brownswood, death jazz, gilles peterson, J.A.M, jazz, Jose James, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
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José James – Park Bench People (Cover of Freestyle Fellowship Track)
José James is absolutely amazing and this is the video for his latest 12″ release, a cover of a track called Park Bench People by Freestyle Fellowship. That’s all I really know about it right now (other than that it’s…
José James – blackeyedsusan
José James is the latest in a long line of amazing artists discovered by Gilles Peterson. His debut album is out at the end of the month, and the beautiful jazz of blackeyedsusan should keep you happy till then… José…
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