So how did you guys meet #1

Love to know the story behind this collaboration.

Common ft Laetitia Sadier - New Wave

Grand larceny #1

Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline—nuttin' more than Neu! - Hallogallo with words.

Spot that sample #1

Either of these sound familiar?

Moondog - Bird's Lament

Chicago - Street Player (Paul Raymond re-edit)

Greetings I bring...

...to all new nicetunes ragamuffin:

Half Pint - Greetings

As requested by Nick:

The Ethiopians - Engine 54

One for new boy Ben - vintage Upsetter (also see interview in today's Metro):

Jah Lion - Fat Man

Plus a bonus bit of badness that popped up this morning and sweetened up my commute no end. More Max Romeo genius - be sure to listen through to the dub version which kicks in about two thirds of the way in.

Max Romeo - Blood of the Prophet Parts 1 & 2

Late night jazz

except probably for most people it'll be mid-afternoon jazz.

First off, this smokin version of My Favourite Things from Coltrane - lengthy but worth every second

John Coltrane - My Favourite Things

Next, a satisfying slice of gypo action from everyone's favourite three-fingered Belgian guitarist

Django Reinhardt - Djangology

Finally, a piano version of Summertime guaranteed to be like no other you've ever heard. Listened to this a million times and it still makes me want to blub.

George Shearing - Summertime

Ding, ding, ding...

One more on the reggae train theme:

Train To Skaville - Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Brothers

Hello Tuneblog

Well hello everybody! I've made it on the blog.

To celebrate here's a real old timer tune.

Doin' My Time by Flat and Scruggs

Next up blind Sengalese duo Amadou and Miriam - this is from Dimanche a Bamako, produced by Manu Chao but a bit different from their usual flavour I gather. Anyone got any earlier stuff?

And to keep the party going, something from the queens of Township Jazz - Sekusile by the Dark City Sisters

To finish up one for Thistle - but hope everyone else likes it too.

Paloma - Harry Belafonte

I might have posted the wrong link.

http://download.yousendit.com/637AF81131B3B817

Liverpool 2 - Chelsea 0

Here are two tunes to celebrate a fine footballing weekend all round.

Pigmeat Markham was a stand up comic who made afew records, I recon this could be the first hip hop track ever - 1968!

01 Here Comes The Judge.mp3

And also a bit of Heavy Ike and Tina

12 Bold Soul Sister.mp3

These are my first posts so I hope they work

Just training

In hope of enticing the mysterious "iamquentin" out of the shadows, here's a post that follows the template of conceptually linked tunes that Quentin told me he was planning to deploy for his first post here - I won't give away his gameplan but suffice to say it's a bit more interesting than mine - reggae songs about trains. They're all totally sweet though.

Raphael Green with Dr Alimantado - Rasta Train

Big Youth - Train to Rhodesia

The Ethiopians - Train to Glory

Dennis Alcapone - Engine Engine Number Nine

Junior Murvin with Dillinger - Roots Train


PLUS - some weird Appalachian folk business, on the same theme

Elizabeth Cotton - Freight Train