Nneka - Mind vs. Heart

Nneka is one of the modern living breathing greats on the international scene. Not enough well known yet, in my opinion, but so worthy of attention. She's a breath of fresh air for activists. A female Bob Marley of sorts, in a woman's spirit, stumping for her native Niger Delta people and all of humanity! Her activist songs tell or remind of many hard realities and hypocrisy of leaders, without naming names but one gets the gist. Her songs are a rallying cry for people to think. Not all of her tracks are activist oriented however and she is all over the map, sometimes defying genres, taking risks into uncharted waters.

This track below is at least four to five years old, maybe more. It is one of those cool songs that somehow ended up under the radar, but is a favorite to many die hard fans.

Nneka - Mind vs. Heart

Connect direct with Nneka at NnekaWorld.Com, Facebook.Com/NnekaWorld, Instagram.com/nnekaworld and on Twitter.Com/NnekaWorld

Lyrics
What is the mind without the heart
What am I without my shadow
What is life without knowing that death comes
What is a song without a melody

Needed to search myself to go back
Had no signs of hope before lost in the darkness
Not knowing what my fate makes of me
And oh ignoring the fellowship accompanying me
There were swamps, slums, gottas, brunks, love songs,
Hidden pleasure, ignored passion, secret worship,
Quiet movement and undissolved self loving
Now I know God has brought me here for something

What is the mind without the heart
What am I without my shadow
What is life without knowing that death comes
What is a song without a melody

My head says I lost my way
But my heart knows that my life is destined in anyway
A long road running towards stops where I pay
Pay, pay for what I have taken and is got what I deserving
Oh God knows very well that my sins are always before me
Yes he gives and he takes and he wounds and he breaks,
He destroys and he builds and still I know
That his love is endless grace

What is the mind without the heart
What am I without my shadow
What is life without knowing that death comes
What is a song without a melody

Tell me what your mind is without your heart
Tell me do you feel, do you feel happiness
Your heart, your heart, your heart
Your soul, your soul, your soul

Say we must destroy in order to rebuild,
In order to rebuild dont you know, dont you know
Your heart, Polarity must be for you and me, for you and me

A Song That Deserves Mad Attention

As we have leaders in America rightly voicing support for the artists in the Russian band Pussy Riot, it's hard to not smell the hypocrisy, as whistleblower Bradley Manning is being tortured in military prison and purveyors of truth and transparency like Julian Assange are being pursued like they are international war criminals. Truth appears to be treason in the good old U.S. of A.

Fortunately, there are artists like Graham Nash who stand up and say it like it is. Here is a song he and a music partner James Raymond wrote to hopefully expose and bring attention to Bradley Manning. But in America, people would rather eat Bon Bon's on their government subsidized Lazy Chairs and watch that over glorified karaoke contest known as American Idol.

Almost Gone by Graham Nash (of Crosby Stills Nash & Young) and James Raymond

Learn more about Bradley Manning at BradleyManning.Org

Connect direct with Graham Nash at GrahamNash.Com

SHEL - Freckles (Music Video)

One of my most favorite bands since I first heard them in 2008, SHEL is four amazingly talent sisters: Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza. The group writes and arranges amazing original songs and covers so many music genres it hard to pigeon hole their sound. Each song is pure organic bliss. GC

SHEL - Freckles

SHEL is performing at Hotel Cafe Hollywood on Tuesday August 14, 2012

Connect direct with SHEL at SHELmusic.Com, Facebook.Com/ILoveSHELMusic, Instagram.com/iloveshelmusic and Twitter.com/iloveshelmusic

Sofie Reed

Sofie Reed is a long time MusicLoad favorite. Here is one of her latest tracks titled Human Every Day



Connect direct with Sofie Reed at SofieReed.Com

A Tasty MusicLoad Playlist

A MusicLoad Playlist...

tUnE-yArDs - Bizness (Live on KEXP-FM in Seattle Washington)


Allen Stone - Unaware (live from his mother's living room)


JJ Grey & Mofro - Mississippi


Ruby Jane - Wake Up


Trixie Whitley - A Thousand Thieves - video directed by Matthu Placek


Have you heard of Avery Sunshine?


Connect direct with Ruby Jane at RubyJaneMusic.Com, Twitter.com/rubyjanetweets, Facebook.com/rubyjanemusic and Soundcloud.com/rubyandthereckless

Playlist of The Day

Press play, sit back and dig this 9 song playlist of the day.



Song order with direct links to official artist sites:
1. Nneka - Africans
2. This is SHEL
3. SHEL - The Latest and Greatest Blueberry Rubber Band
4. Cree Summer - Savior Self
5. Allen Stone - Unaware - Live from his mother's living room
6. Ruby Jane - Wake Up
7. Shauna Brittenham - When I'm Pretty
8. Steve Winwood - Can't Find My Way Home - Unplugged Acoustic Guitar
9. Nneka - Shining Star

Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Down By The River - Live at Esalen - 1969

Wonderful classic film of CSNY live at Big Sur (Esalen Institute), California, September 14, 1969. Neil Young (vocal, guitar), Stephen Stills (guitar, vocal), David Crosby (guitar, vocal), Graham Nash (keyboards), Greg Reeves (bass), Dallas Taylor (drums).

I AM CEREALS

Found this unique recording and video of a group known as I AM CEREALS. The group describes their song as follows:

""French Parade" tells the story of three young women celebrating their feminine looks. They don't care what people think and if their behaviour might or might not be appropriate. They know what they want and take no detour to get their point across. If you want to be one of them, don't forget to get a good tan and put on some lip gloss."

""French Parade" has a certain HipHop Vibe mixed with soulful vocals and a strong beat. But what seems like spaceships landing during an earthquake really is an acoustic guitar and a beatboxed snare blended with a Fender Bass and human trumpets. The OhmBoyZ did the rest, backed by a beercan versus some snapper."

I AM CEREALS - French Parade


Connect direct with I AM CEREALS at iamcereals.com

Classic LA Chicano Summer Jam

Here's one that I love and is on my permanent playlist.

The 15th and final track off of Rise Up, the eighth studio album by Cypress Hill is a track featuring Pit Bull and Marc Anthony was released just in time for summer two summers ago.

It starts off with the classic Steven Stills guitar intro to Judy Blue Eyes and blasts off into a masterpiece that may always emote that Los Angeles summer feel. It never really became a huge hit, but there were and are still many playing it like crazy.  There video has several cameos of Stills, some with his guitar.

It's one of those songs that is so tight and the lyrical flow is so intense... and then Marc Anthony comes in and belts out these choruses like he's Ricky Ricardo down at the Troubadour.... and it works!

Just saw a full Cholo in his '65 low rider Impala cruise by at quarter the speed limit, playing this song loud enough to hear it two blocks away. The song really grabs the essence, groove and attitude of the Southern California Cholo and Chola. This kind of music makes up the So Cal. culture, and probably many others, and brings people together. Enjoy! GC

Cypress Hill - Armada Latina ft. Pitbull, Marc Anthony


The songwriters: Marc Anthony, Stephen Stills, Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, James Scheffer, Armando Christian Perez. Song's Producer: Jim Jonsin.

Connect direct with Cypress Hill at CypressHill.Com

Connect direct with Stephen Stills at StephenStills.Com

Connect direct with Marc Anthony at MarcAnthonyOnline.Com

Connect direct with Pitbull at PitbullMusic.Com

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The Alan Parsons Project

A little 70's nostalgia here. Found some videos I never knew existed. First heard The Alan Parsons Project in 1977 and bought the Vinyl to his record titled i Robot, which was filled with some what seemed like edgy, tight, far out and slick sounds. The recorded from January through March 1977 at Abbey Road Studios and was released on June 1977. There was something really magic about this when it came out.

The Alan Parsons Project - i Robot
(Unofficial Music Video by modern Anime artists Mazinger, Gunbuster & Gundam)


I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You is one of the songs that stood out the most, if I am not mistaken. It may have received most of the radio airplay than other songs on the record. The audio copy on this video below does not do it justice, compared to the way the vinyl sounded hooked up to top of the line home stereo back in 1977 when this came out, but this is still worth cranking it up.

The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
(Official Music Video from 1977)


Listen to the entire album.... audio only. Just close your eyes and lay back.
Recorded in January -- March 1977 at Abbey Road Studios Released June 1977


Alan Parsons is still at it. Connect direct at alanparsonsmusic.com

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Gems from Wattstax (Circa 1972)

The Wattstax music festival took place on August 20, 1972, at the Los Angeles Collusium on the seven year anniversary of The Watts Riots. The festival was organized by the legendary Memphis record label, Stax Records. Tickets were priced at $1.00 each. Nearly the entire Stax artist/band roster performed at the festival. 100,000 people showed up for what was dubbed by many as the "Black Woodstock". The festival was a day of unity for the community of Watts who had been victimized and oppressed by Police which led to riots in August of 1965 in a act of resistance to the Police State and the diminished freedom and liberty people felt on the streets and in their neighborhoods.

A documentary film entitled WATTSTAX was released in 1973. All of the music and speeches from social activists was beautiful captured. One performance which was added to the documentary was not shot at the concert itself, but from a church in the heart of Watts. The first time I heard this track, tears streamed from my eyes. This is the real deal, gospel that will take you there.... all the way. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC

The Emotions - Peace Be Still (Live church performance for Wattstax Documentary - 1972)


The Emotions are still at it! Connect direct with The Emotions at TheEmotionsWeb.com

Watching all of the film footage and hearing the music from the Wattstax festival is like entering some sort of funky soul & gospel music heaven.

Rufus Thomas performs Breakdown at Wattstax Festival (1972)


Movie trailer for Wattstax


Get the DVD of the entire festival at Wattstax.Com

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YACHT - Utopia & Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire)

Yacht is a musical moniker created by electronic musician and multimedia artist Jonathan Warren Bechtolt out of Portland, Oregon. His musical partner is Claire L. Evans. The featured film below was quite a production you'll notice when you read the credits listed below the video you are about to see. Yacht combined two separate songs, Utopia and the other song called Dystopia (The World is on Fire), combining them into one musical film experience. With the first song, the world is a blissful groove and with the second song, it's all coming unraveled as the earth is on fire. My mind was thinking about real world events and I daydreamed like mad. Lots of fun here. Had to watch it over again, a few times. It sounds great cranked up loud. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC



Connect direct with Yacht at TeamYacht.Com

Film Credits as pulled from official Yacht website

Utopia and Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) were filmed in Los Angeles, California, at Mad Dog Video. They were conceived & directed by Rene Daalder, and edited by Aaron Ohlmann. The special effects were animated and composited by visual artist Pascual Sisto, and the geodesic grid animation at the end of Utopia was created by Michael Young. John Allen was the director of photography, with additional camera by Gabriel Noguez, while Josh Pangell acted as key grip. J. Scott Teeples was Art Director. Icarus designed the sets, and Benjamin Ralston dressed them. Props were provided by Michael Sehnert. The inimitable Megan May Daalder was the production assistant and psychedelic mascot. Marissa Micik catered. All of this was produced by Rene Daalder & Aaron Ohlmann.

Both videos star Jona Becholt & Claire Evans, as well as the democratic dance collective Body City (Meagan Yellott, Lake Sharp, Cristina Paul, Alexis Hyman, Katie Bachler, and Annie O'Malley) and the Straight Gaze (Katy Davidson, Jeff Brodsky, and Rob Kieswetter). Clothes were provided by Rad Hourani, complexgeometries, and Native Son. Jewelry by Brook & Lyn. Hair and Styling by Ryann Bosetti.

Allen Stone

Thanks to my friend Leslie Monique Perry who turned me onto Allen Stone a while back....

Allen Stone grew up singing in big church choirs and in one interview he describes his early influences were Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond and Mary Mary.

In all of the songs I've heard so far, he embodies the spirits of Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye and has a lot of Stevie Wonder influence.

This first song below is my favorite. Not only does it groove for days and days, but Stone sings truth to power and the lines are priceless. Singing about the growing deficit, the government spending more than it takes in, and talking about encroaching government who pretends to care. That's just in the first verse and he's just getting warmed up. Besides the substance of the song itself, I especially love the way it was filmed. The audio and video crew on this first clip did a seriously amazing job capturing Stone's true essence. Enjoy! GC

Allen Stone - Unaware (live from his mother's living room)

Here is a great live performance and interview at one of the greatest indie stations on the planet, KEXP-FM. Stone performs five songs: What I've Seen at 0:38, Contact High at 3:22, Interview at 6:27, Unaware at 14:00, and Satisfaction at 20:00.

Connect direct with Allen Stone at AllenStone.Com
BUY MUSIC DIRECT FROM ARTISTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE!

Connect direct with KEXP at KEXP.Org

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My Pet Dragon - Love Anthem (live)

via Indie Ambassador TV, found this fantastic recording of a great sounding band called My Pet Dragon. The music says something important, as if to shout out at Washington and the Crony Capitalists they support.... ""You can't dance on the back of the poor.... no more.... only love can save your soul..." - Absolutely love to hear it. We need a war on crony capitalism, in my humble opinion. Think! Peace Love Groove, GC



Connect direct with My Pet Dragon at MyPetDragon.Net

Connect direct with Indie Ambassador at IndieAmbassador.Com

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MusicLoad Interviews (Join Team MusicLoad)

MusicLoad gets visitors from every single country in the world. In the last hour, most of MusicLoad's visitors came from United States, China, Germany Russia, France, Ukraine, India, Netherlands, Australia, and Canada. In the last 24 hours, you can add 32 other countries such as Malta, Indonesia, Burma, Iceland, Moldova, Bangladesh, and Uruguay. When MusicLoad was formed in 1999, I considered the World Wide Web as this sort of medium to be truly international, and that dream was realized early in MusicLoad's history.

MusicLoad is going beyond the World Wide Web to leave no stone unturned with MusicLoad TV and MusicLoad Radio. The show for each is to be a shared show titled MusicLoad Presents... MusicLoad is looking for the most interesting, eccentric, weird as well as normal, balanced focused VJ's and DJ's to host such programming. Also looking at all of the creative people possible, who may also be chosen to play a part in something fun. It's all about being centered around great music.

Anyone who is interested, please click onto the contact link and send your links to your website(s) or facebook page along with your telephone number and e-mail address, where in the world you are from and tell us your story. Prior music industry or entertainment experience is not necessary. Whoever we pick, will have to move to Los Angeles, preferably Santa Monica for a while until they candidate can run their own studio to go back home with and continue the job, unless they want to stay in LA. Obviously, those who are already in LA might make it easier on us. But all are encouraged to apply. If you are picked, we will figure out a way to bring you here, on us, for final interviews and production tests. Be yourself, but more fearless. Peace Love Groove, GC

Ruby Jane

A fine young musician, singer, songwriter, recording artist by the name of Ruby Jane Smith who goes by Ruby Jane, has that thing MusicLoad likes to call "it". Ruby Jane fine tuned her art as a fantastic fiddle player when she was still a single digit. At the time this post (June 5, 2012), she is almost 18 years old, just graduated High School and is firmly on her way. She is a real musician... a real true artist walking the walk, continuing to be gladly paying her dues the old fashioned way. Her recordings seem deliberately underproduced, lacking that watered down slickness that keeps her sound real and authentic. The lack of slick production stands out at first, but listeners will quickly forget and fall deeply into her Americana essense.

In a world of wanna be stars who can mimic fame to a Karaoke track, it is so refreshing to see and hear Ruby Jane, who has not set out to be a hyped up manufactured overnight sensation. She has been at it for years out of love for her craft. Her music has the bones of substance. Songs that will will suck you in with her own unique voice and make you forget, if you are lucky enough to be able to take the time, close your eyes and let your imagination flow.

Ruby Jane - Wake Up (from her latest 2012 Album)


Ruby Jane - This Song (from her latest 2012 Album)


Ruby Jane - (when she was 9 years old in her first music video effort)


Ruby Jane - "Holdin' Your Hand" (written by her grandfather, Perrin Smith)


Ruby Jane - Pitter Patter


And, this is one heck of a National Anthem performance....

Ruby Jane - Performs National Anthem on Fiddle at Ballgame


Here is a great live take of an old Hank Williams song. Her personality shines! She is about 14 here. Love how she is playing with the old school players. She's got a lot of heart and soul as a performer.

Ruby Jane - Mind Your Own Business


Wait... this is the last one. She really shows off her fiddle chops... if this isn't some burning fiddle playing, I don't know what is!

Ruby Jane at Beale Street Tavern SXSW 2012


Connect direct with Ruby Jane at RubyJaneMusic.Com, Twitter.com/rubyjanetweets, Facebook.com/rubyjanemusic and Soundcloud.com/rubyandthereckless

Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares

Here is a wonderful recording to close ones eyes to and lay back. This is Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares when they were formerly known as the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. The piece is entitled Stani Mi Maytcho. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC



Connect direct with Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares at themysteryofthebulgarianvoices.com

Nahawa Doumbia

Music from the Republic of Mali. Without even knowing the language or the lyrics, the melodies and unique rhythmic grooves pulls one in. This particular artist, Nahawa Doumbia, is very popular in her country. The first video, which is recorded with just a guitar and her voice, is delightfully real and raw. Contrast that with the same song in the second video, which is recorded in her usual style of production and you might love both takes. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC

Nahawa Doumbia - Banani (Raw Unplugged)


Nahawa Doumbia - Banani (Studio Version with Full Band)


Read more about Nahawa Doumbia at her official record label website: http://www.hrmusic.com/artists/ndart.html

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MusicLoad Worldwide

Today, visitors from a total of 72 different countries visited MusicLoad. Top visitors came from the United States, following was Canada, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, China, Germany, Egypt, Ukraine, Belgium, Indonesia, Cutar, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. The most searched artist on MusicLoad was Gaby Moreno. Go Gaby!

Lianne La Havas

via one of MusicLoad's most favorite artists, Gaby Moreno, who posted this wonderful live performance of Lianne La Havas on her Facebook page last week. Hearing this performance of Lianne La Havas is like finding buried treasure or that needle in a haystack you've been looking for. Enjoy!

Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?


Lianne La Havas - Tease Me (Live at the Servants Jazz Quarters)


Lianne La Havas - Lost & Found


Connect direct with Lianne La Havas at LianneLaHavas.Com, Facebook.Com/LianneLaHavas and Instagram.Com/LianneLaHavas

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Ray Charles - Let Me Love You (1969)

Stephanie McKay - Tell It Like It Is

Came across this fantastic track by Stephanie McKay titled Tell It Like It Is. And this song should not be confused by a song of the same title that Aaron Neville first recorded in 1966. McKay's own song is a hard core serious one. It's a burning groove she has going with her soul on fire as she testifies to the harshness of life's realities. It's real. Turn it up, savor the flavor, think and enjoy. GC



Connect direct with Stephanie McKay at StephanieMcKay.com, at Facebook.com/StephanieMcKayMusic and at Twitter.com/StephanieMcKay

The Police State..... is still at it and it's getting worse

Found this important song on the Facebook page of Mike Finnigan. Mike made a post that read: "I was in Chicago over the past weekend. (he is touring with Bonnie Raitt) It was insane. Not the protestors, the police. It felt like they were expecting an armed seige by some foreign power! Police were everywhere, sirens going off every 30 seconds, police cars racing all over town." That was a preamble to this link Mike posted. One of Mike's friends, guitarist Jack Morris Sherman, posted this song in Mike's thread, which leads us here:

Graham Nash - Chicago (off a Vinyl 45) *song starts at 25 seconds

A Call to Action to Resist and Reject The Police State

Graham Nash released Chicago back in about 1970. It was inspired by both the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as well as the trial of the Chicago Seven, where protesters at the convention were charged with intent to incite a riot. Hearing this song this week, it felt as if Nash wrote it last weekend during the Nato Summit, where the reality that we live in a Police State was felt strongly by those who were there to protest the wars led by the U.S. and Nato around the world.

Our liberty and freedom in America, and in and around the path of terror left by the U.S. war machine around the globe, has been slowly chipped away and dismantled. It's not what the founders intended for. Those founders left it in our hands to do something when the government is out of control. Do something we must! We must go beyond the call of duty, for liberty is now so threatened, far past being temporary as many politicians swore it would be after 9/11.

It's up to artists and fans to take the lead. Music can move mountains. Politicians still like to connect with leading artists. Leading and emerging artists should never back down, even in the face of adversity. The world saw what happened to the Dixie Chicks for saying what they believed, and it was a score for The Police State how it temporarily set the group back. Fortunately, the Dixie Chicks did not back down and went on to make a movie about that hard time in their life. We cannot allow artists to be beat down for expressing their views, in my humble opinion. Liberty and freedom is not perfect, in fact it can even be dangerous. But the alternative of tyranny at the hands of the police state is far less perfect to the point of evil dangerousness without end. The U.S. is well known to torture and assassinate. We drop bombs from unmanned planes, making us just as chickenshit as ever. We have adopted a preventative war approach, preemptively striking, invading and occupying countries when they have done nothing to us. This is all going against inherent American values.

Don't be afraid to stand up to The Police State. I am not talking about physical resistance. I am talking about peaceful resistance. Look these fuckers in the eyes and ask them questions? Am I legally required to answer your questions? Have you read The Constitution? Have you read The Bill of Rights? Are you upholding the Constitution or are you a member of The Police State? If or when they grab you, don't talk and don't resist. Don't even fall limp. Simply be prepared. Dress for jail. Use your mind and not your fists, otherwise you will be stooping to their pathetic level.

The best thing we can do right now is to become informed. It's not a conspiracy theory that we are now officially living in a Police State. It's a fact! Learn about it. Write about it. Write songs, write comedy, write letters to Congress and write letters directly to The President and Vice President. Fans should support the artists who are resisting The Police State. We can use music to bring about real needed change to restore liberty. As Graham Nash wrote and sang, "We can change the world".

This Kills!

From the moment I heard the voice, I knew I loved it. GC

tUnE-yArDs - Bizness (Live on KEXP-FM in Seattle Washington)


Connect direct with tUnE-yArDs at Tune-Yards.Com

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Amadou & Mariam - Sabali

First single from the 2008 album from Amadou & Mariam called "Welcome to Mali". These are artists whose group has a prolific body of work. This is just one of many great tracks. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC



Connect direct with Amadou & Mariam Amadou-Mariam.Com

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Little Dragon

Out of Sweden.....

Little Dragon - Ritual Union


Connect direct with Little Dragon at Little-Dragon.Net

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The Books

The Books - An Owl With Knees


The Books - Beautiful People


Connect direct with The Books at TheBooksMusic.Com

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Toots & The Maytals - Spiritual Healing

Pressure Drop With Eric Clapton (Toots And The Maytals)


Toots & The Maytals with Bonnie Raitt- True Love is Hard to Find


Connect direct with Toots & The Maytals at facebook.com/tootsandthemaytals/

Connect direct with Eric Clapton at EricClapton.Com, Facebook.Com/EricClapton, Instagram.com/EricClapton and Twitter.com/ericclapton

Connect direct with Bonnie Raitt at BonnieRaitt.Com

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Song of the morning....

Akiko with Corinne Drewery - Waters of March

Donna Summer's Last Dance - RIP - Love To Love You Baby

Donna Summer passed away today from lung cancer. TMZ reported: "Several sources are telling us Donna believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City."

Many many years ago, had the privilege of meeting Donna Summer at A&M Records on La Brea & Sunset in Hollywood for a party. Can't recall who the party was for, but like it was yesterday, I still remember the moments, her warmth, and the exact spot we stood in on a soundstage that was set up for a party.

Love to Love You Baby is definitely one of the sexiest disco songs, ever.
Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC

Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby


Donna Summer - Last Dance


Connect direct with the official Donna Summer site at DonnaSummer.Com

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Lisa Marie Presley

Lisa Marie Presley's latest video to the song You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet from her latest album titled Storm & Grace. Enjoy!



Connect direct with Lisa Marie Presley at LisaMariePresley.Com

JJ Grey & Mofro

Doesn't get any funkier than this... GC

JJ Grey & Mofro - On Fire


JJ Grey & Mofro - Mississippi


Connect direct with JJ Grey & Mofro at JJGrey.Com

ARCHIVE

A Facebook acquaintance, George Theos of Athens Greece, posted this song to his page and wrote: "magical sense of music and lyrics...Archive!"

Archive - Controlling Crowds


Archive - Again


A nice live concert version of the above song, Again, can be seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=NF52fcoIqg4

Archive - Lights
(Live with Orchestra l'autunno from Poznan, Poland, performing at the Universität der Künste, Berlin Germany)


Archive - Fool (circa 2002)


By the way.... the loop playing on the ARCHIVE website is fantastic.
Connect direct with Archive at ArchiveOfficial.Com

If you dig Archive, you will dig BirdPen

Jimmie Rodgers - T For Texas

This song post via Mike Finnigan who is on the road with Bonnie Raitt at present and gigging in Meridian Mississippi. Mike wrote to his Facebook page: "We're in Meridian, Mississippi today, the birthplace of the great Jimmy Rogers (well, there's a plaque here that makes that claim, though hisrtorians identify Pine Springs, Mississippi, just north of Meridian, as his genuine birthplace). Rogers is acknowledged by many as "The Father of Country Music." Also, "The Blue Yodeler," and "The Singing Brakeman." His influence on all forms of Popular American Music, and all its genres was considerable."

Thanks for yet another great post, Mike. Peace Love Groove, GC



Besides being a legendary blues/soul vocalist and Hammond B3 player, Mike Finnigan is a prolific political blogger with a hard core following. When he is not touring with Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker, Taj Majal or any one of dozens of great acts, Mike is playing with a tasty blues group known as Phantom Blues Band.

And... by the way, Lynyrd Skynyrd covered this song...

Lynyrd Skynyrd - T For Texas (1976)


Connect direct with Lynyrd Skynyrd at LynyrdSkynyrd.Com

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Made You Die - Trayvon Martin Tribute (Rap)

It's a sign of the times. There is a national cry to resist the vigilante police state in America and the shooting of Trayvon Martin was the most recent flash point that is galvanizing many. This is not a feel good tribute song. This is hard core hip hip with some fierce rap featuring Yasiin Bey, Dead Prez, and mikeflo. Think. Be a weapon of mass dissent. Fight The Police State with your mind. Peace Love Groove, GC

"Made You Die" Trayvon Martin Tribute


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denmantau

via Mark Severino, heard about a young group from Hamburg Germany spending time in the United States and is doing concerts on the Venice Beach boardwalk. According to Severino, the group name, denmantau, means "Let's Get High" in a dying German dialect. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC

denmantau - Crystal Clear


denmantau - One Eye For Many Faces (live on Venice Beach Boardwalk)


Connect direct with denmantau at denmantau.de

Gaby Moreno to perform The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

A longtime MusicLoad favorite artist, Gaby Moreno, will be performing on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday May 3, 2012. Gaby will be performing alongside Carl Carlton, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Lang, Shawn Mullins, Leland Sklar (one of my favorite bassists), Eric Burdon and others to perform the song "Toast To Freedom" to commemorate 50 years of Amnesty International.

I seriously, have so much respect for Gaby. She is one of those artists who has stuck her guns and been herself, all the way. When people tried to make her something that she was not, she kind of resists without being mean.... keeps a smile on her face while knowing who she is. She just goes her own way, every day. And to watch where she has gone.... it really makes me smile. She is the example of what it means to be a true indie in such a major way.

If you don't catch her on Jay Leno, she is worth chasing down on YouTube. Her songs are authentically her as she lives and plays in the moment and everything she does is magic. Her music has touched and even revived parts of my soul. Wishing that you'll be lucky enough that she and her music will touch yours too.

Connect direct with Gaby Moreno at Connect direct with Gaby Moreno at Gaby-Moreno.Com, Facebook.com/gabymorenoband, Twitter.com/gabymorenomusic and Instagram.com/gaby_moreno

 International Recording Artist, Gaby Moreno.
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Saxofunk Girl - Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer is the international funk and contemporary jazz artist from Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is a very independent minded artist. Sure, she's collaborated with greats like Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison and many many others, but she is not a puppet or a side musician. If it isn't funky or it doesn't have soul, she probably won't be there. Hope you enjoy these handpicked clips below. GC

This track is from her 1993 record, Sax A Go Go (audio/video sync is off - sorry)

Here are some live videos :)

Candy Dulfer - My Funk (live)

Candy Dulfer - Life Of The Party

Candy's father, Hans Dulfer, is a particularly badass edgy tenor sax man with his own unique sound. This next track is a song written by Hans.

Candy Dulfer Funky Stuff - Our House Is Not A Home (Live)

Candy Dulfer & Funky Stuff - Saxuality - Live 1990

And, last but not least, here is a song that is a staple song for the smooth jazz radio circuit in the U.S.A, over 20 years after it was first released in 1989 as the soundtrack for the Dutch movie De Kassière. I hate "smooth jazz" with a passion, but this song is great!

Candy Dulfer - Lily was here (Live)

And finally, a track of her latest 2011 release. It's not my favorite compared to everything she has done, but it isn't bad at all.

Candy Dulfer - Crazy

Connect direct with Candy Dulfer at CandyDulfer.NL, Facebook.com/CandyDulferOfficial, Instagram.com/RealCandyDulfer and Twitter.com/CandyDulfer

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Priceless Video of Chaka Khan with Rufus

Stevie Wonder wrote this song which was released by Rufus & Chaka Khan in 1974. It's the voice of Bob Hope introducing the act for this Live concert which was broadcast on TV. Enjoy! Peace Love Groove, GC

Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good

Connect direct with Chaka Khan at ChakaKhan.Com

Connect direct with Rufus at Rufus.Org

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Femi Kuti - Truth Don't Die (Live Takes)

One of the great artists from Lagos, Nigeria! Fema Kuti uses music, his mind, body and soul as a tool for speaking truth to power and making people think and unite to bring down corrupt power. Think! Be True. Peace Love Groove, GC

Femi Kuti -- Truth Don't Die (Bonnaroo 2004)


Femi Kuti- Live at the Africa Shrine (In Tribute to Fela Kuti)


Connect direct with Femi Kuti at myspace.com/femikuti

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Lance Lopez - Smoking Hot Texas Guitar

When in need of some hard edged blues/rock/soul in the vein of Stevie Ray Vaughn, tune into Lance Lopez.

Lance Lopez - Didja (Studio Version)


The above recording features: Lance Lopez - Guitars/Vox, John Garvin - Drums, Daniel Williams - Bass. Recorded at the Dallas Sound Lab in August 2003
Engineered by Don Moore - Produced by Lance Lopez and Eric Gales

Lance Lopez - Skank (Studio Recording)

Above recording features Lance Lopez - Guitars***Jamil Byrom - Drums***Wes Stevenson - Bass. Produced by Lance Lopez ***Engineered by Don Moore. Recorded at Bass Propulsion Laboratories - Dallas,Tx additional overdubs and Mixing at Soundcrafter Ranch - Wylie,Tx. August-October 2005

LANCE LOPEZ - SALVATION FROM SUNDOWN

Written by LANCE LOPEZ Produced By JIM GAINES - Recorded at LUMINOUS SOUND - DALLAS,TEXAS and ARDENT STUDIOS - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Engineers: CHRIS BELL, ADAM HILL & JIM GAINES
Mixed by PETE MATTHEWS & JIM GAINES - Mastered by BRAD BLACKWELL - Euphonics Masters, Memphis
L L - GUITARS/VOX TONY VALDEZ - BASS CODY NORMAN - DRUMS

Connect Direct with Lance Lopez at https://www.facebook.com/LanceLopezBand