Notes From The Bridge

Bridging the Gap November 27, 2024 *Koko-Jean & The Tonics: "Love Child" (Love Child 2024) Soul/blues band from Barcelona SP led by Mozambique born rock n soul singer Kiko-Jean Davis. *Kinny & Horne: "Dirty Thang (New Mix)" (Dirty Thang-EP ) Sing/songwr. Kinny (Caitlin Simpson) is half indigenous Canadian & half Jamaican. She traveled to Norway & met Norwegian prod. Espen Horne (Bobby Hughes Exp. & Comb.) *Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers: "Fast As Lightning" (Soul Clap 2024) Former Harlette Carol Hatchett is Bella Brown. She takes her well deserved turn as the front woman for this high energy 70s funk/soul inspired group. *Sun Atlas: "Message From The Snakes" (Return To The Spirit 2024) Transcendental funk & psych. jazz from mystery LA based collective. The band disguise themselves to put the focus exclusively on the music. *Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: "I Need Somebody To Love Tonight" (Expansions 2021) F...

Bridging the Gap November 20, 2024 *Jon Hassell & Farafina: "A Vampire Dances (Symmetry)" (Flash Of The Spirit 1988) Amer. trumpeter, comp. & author & creator of Fourth World musical style: a hybrid of music both ancient & digital, composed & improvised, Eastern & Western. Farafina: Musicians/dancers from Burkina Faso, W. Afr. *Jimi Tenor: "Ghost Warrior feat. UMO" (Mysterium Magnum 2015) Finnish musician, composer & artist Lassi Lehto. UMO: New Music Orchestra (English trans.) *David Nesselhauf: "The Routine" (Afrokraut 2016) German bass player, composer fuses krautrock & afrobeat for his 'afrokraut' sound. Also plays in Hamburg Spinners, Diazpora & Angels Of Libra. *Club Des Belugas & Maya Fadeeva: "Fire" (Chameleon 2018) Russian-German sing/songwr., prod. Maya Fadeeva presented by CdB led by Maxim Ilion (Martin Kratzenstein) & Kitty The Bill (Katrin Stoefel) both keyboardists & producers....

Bridging the Gap November 13, 2024 *Adrian Quesada: "Ain't No Big Thing feat. Johnny Hernandez" (Look At My Soul... 2018) Austin TX based prod. multi-inst. & comp. Plays in Money Chicha, The Echocentrics, Brownout, Spanish Gold & Black Pumas. J Hernandez: singer/prod./eng. *Ronnie Marks: "Some Lonely Heart" (The Soul Of Spanish Harlem ) Innovative singer in the 60s genre "Latin Soul." Sang with Mongo Santamaria & Johnny Pacheco. *Mauricio Smith: "Getting It Together" (7" Single) Panamanian flutist/sax player known as "Señor Saxofon." He was a giant of Latin music & played non-latin music as well. Performed with a who's who of Latin musicians: Tito Puente, Ray Barretto & Machito to name a few. *Jun Mayuzumi: "Black Room" (Nippon Girls ) J Mayuzumi is a Japanese singer who won a Japan Record Award in 1969. *Mie Nakao: "Uwasa No Futari" (Nippon Girls ) M Nakao is a Japanese singer & ...

Bridging the Gap November 6, 2024 *Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell & Karsh Kale: "Woo Doo" (Funkronomic-EP 2016) Bill Laswell is an Amer. bassist, prod. & label owner, Bernie Worrell is an Amer. keyboardist, composer & prod. (Parliament/Funkadelic) Karsh Kale Indian born Amer. percussionist. *Lord Newborn & The Magic Skulls: "Disco Loco" (LN & TMS 2009) Money Mark Beastie Boys keys, Shawn Lee multi-inst. prod. & Tommy Guerrero guit. prod. holed up for 2 weeks in Money Mark's studio to collaborate on this funky nugget. *The Mackrosoft: "Fish Tank Funk" (Music To Mack By 2017) Aja West was the magician behind The Mackrosoft. He produced, composed & played until his death on his birthday in 2022 (11/4/22) *Brenda Fassie: "Sum' Bulala" (So. Afr. Rhythm Riot ) B. Fassie was an African anti-apartheid Afropop singer. So. Africa's Queen Of Pop died in 2004 as a result of a cocaine overdose. *Malathini & Mahotella ...