Happy Birthday Sly Dunbar. ‘Sly from the Dunbar Family’
This day (May 10, 1952), in Kingston, Jamaica, is born Lowell 'Sly' Fillmore Dunbar a.k.a Sly Dunbar, a drummer usually orking together with bassist Robbie Shakespeare.
Fugees release their second and final album : ‘The Score’ featuring ‘Killing Me Softly,’ ‘Fu-Gee-La’ and ‘Ready or Not’ (1996)
Fugees' 'The Score' feat. 'Ready Or Not' and 'Killing Me Softly' is their second and final studio album released on February 13, 1996 by Ruffhouse.
The Rolling Stones release their seventeenth album : ‘Undercover’ (1983)
The Rolling Stones ' 'Undercover' is their seventeenth studio album released on November 7,1983 by Rolling Stones Records.
Island publish Grace Jones’ sixth album : ‘Living My Life’ featuring ‘Nipple to the Bottle’ and ‘My Jamaican Guy’ (1982)
Grace Jones' 'Living My Life' is her sixth studio album (and the last of the three albums she recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas) released on November 7, 1982 by Island.
Bob Dylan releases his twenty-second album : ‘Infidels’ co-produced with Mark Knopfler (1983)
Bob Dylan's 'Infidels' is his twenty-second studio album co-produced with Mark Knopfler and released on October 27, 1983 by Columbia Records.
Chrysalis publish Robbie Williams’ seventh studio album : ‘Rudebox’ (2006)
Robbie Williams' 'Rudebox' is his seventh studio album featuring William Orbit, Mark Ronson & Pet Shop Boys and released on October 23, 2006 by Chrysalis
Paul Weller has put a lot of acoustic guitars, strings and ballads in his mod music. ‘That’s all folk…music!’
Paul Weller's "True Meanings" is his fourteenth solo album featuring among other guests Martin Carthy, Danny Thompson, Noel Gallagher and Rod Argent of the Zombies and released on September 14, 2018 by Parlophone
his voice smooth and low over acoustic guitars before giving way to pastoral strings on the instrumental break.
It’s a sign of his openness to new ideas, to outside influences, with Weller commenting in the press note: “that’s what it’s about really, I always want to see what people can add to my ideas.” The Irish Times
It is Weller’s singer-songwriter album, acoustic and reflective in tone, and carefully, delicately textured.
Paul Weller - True Meanings
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With the release of ‘As the World Turns,’ Duckie Simpson brings back Black Uhuru after a seventeen years hiatus. ‘As the world turns, always expect a return’
Black Uhuru's 'As the World Turns' is their sixteenth studio album produced by Horace “King Hopeton” Campbell released on September 7, 2018 by Capitol.
Even after being in the industry for 50-plus years, Simpson's vocals sound as youthful and reverent as ever
Half of the album was recorded in California & the rest was finished in Jamaica.
Black Uhuru - As the World Turns
AMAZON . ITUNES . Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru (featuring the rhythm "dream team" Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare) performs in Essen (Germany) for the WDR Rockpalast TV Show. >> 78 MINUTES on RVM >> |
 legenday band Black Uhuru is in Lincoln, Nebraska >> 39 MINUTES on RVM >> |
Columbia publish Herbie Hancock’s thirty-fifth album : ‘Future Shock’ featuring ‘Rockit’ (1983)
Herbie Hancock's 'Future Shock' feat. 'Rockit' is his thirty-fifth album released in August, 1983 by Columbia.
Happy Birthday Monty Alexander. ‘The Full Monty’
This day (June 6, 1944), in Kingston, Jamaica, is born Monty Alexander, a jazz pianist with a strong Caribbean influence.
Def Jam publish Rihanna’s third album : ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ featuring ‘Umbrella’ & ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ (2007)
Rihanna's 'Good Girl Gone Bad' feat. 'Umbrella' &'Don't Stop the Music' is her third studio album released on May 31, 2007 by Def Jam /SRP Records.
Island release Joe Cocker’s ‘Sheffield Steel’ recorded with the Compass Point Allstars (1982)
Joe Cocker's 'Sheffield Steel' is his eighth studio album recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and released on May 22, 1982 by Island.
Grace Jones releases ‘Nightclubbing,’ her fifth album featuring ‘Pull Up to the Bumper’ (1981)
Grace Jones' 'Nightclubbing' is her fifth studio album recorded at At Compass Point, Bahamas with a team of session musicians and released on May 11, 1981.
This week In Soul Artists 19/52
Rick James, The Temptations, Earth, Wind, Fire, Usher, Donna Summer, The Jackson 5, Thelma Houston, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh, Grace Jones
Island publish Grace Jones’ fourth album : ‘Warm Leatherette’ featuring ‘Private Life’ (1980)
Grace Jones' 'Warm Leatherette' is her fourth (more reggae & New Wave than disco) studio album released on May 9, 1980 by Island.
Virgin publish Peter Tosh’s debut album : ‘Legalize It’ (1976)
Peter Tosh's 'Legalize It' is his debut album as a solo artist, recorded in May 1976 and released in May 1976 by Virgin / Columbia .
Abbey Lincoln records ‘Straight Ahead’ with Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins & Max Roach (1961)
Abbey Lincoln's 'Straight Ahead' is an album recorded on February 22, 1961 with Eric Dolphy, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach and others and released the same year by Candid.
David Bowie releases his eighth album : ‘Diamond Dogs’ featuring ‘Rebel Rebel’ and ‘1984’ (1974)
David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' feat. 'Rebel Rebel'" is his eighth studio album released on May 24, 1974 by RCA.
‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°346 – New Music Videos
Phoebe Green, Kate Bollinger, tobi lou, Sondre Lerche, Peach Pit, Isaac Dunbar, Zheani, Aldous Harding, ericdoa, Lynks, Porridge Radio, Stromae
They are the performers of twelve brand new videos that amused, puzzled and sometimes shocked us, these past days.
Beware possibly NSFW
Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy!
Tracklist
 1 . Phoebe Green . Make It Easy |
 2 . Kate Bollinger . Who Am . But Someone |
 3 . tobi lou . Hopeless Romantic |
 4 . Sondre Lerche . Summer In Reverse (w/ CHAI) |
 5 . Peach Pit . Give Up Baby Go |
 6 . Isaac Dunbar. |