Greetings!
I managed to fend off my possessed new Basset Hound puppy for a few hours to bring you the next episode. He is adorable … sometimes 😈
But will I ever focus again? 🤔
As always, feedback is oxygen. So please write back, either below or on socials @amarofpatel. Which artists caught your ear? Which gigs have you been to? Who is Moonbeam Levels material?
How do you get a hound to stop sniffing and start listening?
News flash: I will be going monthly from April on my local radio station, run by Sister Midnight, who are opening Lewisham’s first community-owned music venue.
Proud to be a board director there. We have a shared purpose and the twin messages of cooperation and mutual benefit are resonating across the borough. F*ck capitalism. Join us.
SMFM did a special day of live broadcasts last weekend at RONS Coffee House in Peckham. I steered a discussion about public architecture in Catford, how to build community in bricks and mortar in Lewisham, and why we should adapt more of what’s already here. Listen back.
Writers can/should voice their opinion beyond the page so you will be hearing more of me in your ears … if you like.
Stay close 👐🏾
A
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Hosted and blended by AmAr Patel
V/Z – Tobu Reprise [Offen Music]
DANIEL BLUMBERG – Overture (Ship) [Milan]
GREGORY UHLMANN, JOSH JOHNSON & SAM WILKES – Rewinded [International Anthem]
ROBERTA FLACK – I Can See The Sun In Late December [Atlantic]
A few words on Roberta 🕊
EVERYTHING IS RECORDED – The Meadows [featuring Roses Gabor, Kamasi and Ricky Washington) [XL]
ANGIE STONE – Everyday [Arista]
Memorial service 🕊
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS – Prince Eugene [Anti-]
MARSHALL ALLEN – Angels And Demons At Play [Week-End]
PEBBLES – Positive Vibrations [Disciples]
CYMANDE – Coltrane (Crooked Man remix) [BMG]
Who are Cymande?
Q LAZZARUS – Heaven [Sacred Bones]
More about the documentary
CAN – Brighton 75 Zwei (live) [Mute/Spoon]
ESKA – Down Here [Earthling]
In-store performances
The journey so far…
DEAN BLUNT & ELIAS RØNNENFELT – 3 [World Music]
T-FIRE – Son of An African [Old Boy]
N’DAMBI – Call Me (Yam Who Rework) 🕊
More about Andy Williams aka Yam Who
MAC MILLER – 5 Dollar Pony Rides [Warner]
Balloonerism – a story in many parts
LARRY JUNE, 2CHAINZ & THE ALCHEMIST – Munyon Canyon [Empire]
MIKE – You’re The Only One Watching [10K]
LEWIS PARKER – Walk in the Sky [Boombap Relickz]
David Kane’s What Do You Call It? From The Grass Roots to the Golden Era of UK Rap 📗
BLAK TWANG – Queen’s Head (featuring Roots Manuva) [Sound of Money]
ROOTS MANUVA – Strange Behaviour [Big Dada]
BASHY – On the Rise [Bish Bash Bosh]
Interview with Complex magazine
MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE – The Conversation Is Missing Your Voice [Warp]
MICHAEL J BLOOD – IN BI SI X [Blood]
AFTER SHOCK – With U (produced by Terror Danjah and featuring Shola Ama) [After Shock]
In memoriam by
Spooky tribute mix
ALI OMAR – Hashish [Efficient Space]
HALIMA – Ways (JADALAREIGN remix)
ALEX NUT – Arcade Fun Part 1 [Eglo]
WU-KI – Force (featuring IB) [Ruf Kutz]
ONIRICO – Echo [Jungle Fantasy]
BROTHER NEBULA – Grandeur of Delusion [Touch From A Distance]
FLORENCE ADOONI – Otona Da Naba [Philophon]
JOCELYN MOCKA ET KASSAV – Mizik Maladi [Strut]
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