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Artist: Sister Marie Keyrouz Website: www.keyrouz.com/engindex.html Track Name: assorted samples Playback: flash Download?: No You may wonder about this but don’t be surprised if you are drawn into the music too. Sister marie Keyrouz is a Lebonese nun, living in Paris. She is a renowned musicologist who specialises in Christian spiritual music. Much of it [...]

Artist: Richard Crandell Website: www.myspace.com/richardcrandel Track Name: The Proletarian Shuffle Playback: flash Download?: No This is one of those tough ones, you need to start over on the MySpace site with “The Proletarian Shuffle” from the album Oregon Hill. It was the first recorded collaboration between Crandell and Bill Bartels. This is just a beautiful [...]

Artist: B-Side Players Website: www.bsideplayers.com Track Name: Fire In the Youth Playback: flash Download?: No B-Side Players from San Diego California have just snuck their way in under my radar with the soulful track Fire In The Youth a combination of syncopated salsa rhythms and Marley inspired Jamaican reggae vocals. The music of the band’s [...]

Artist: Sharon Shannon Website: www.myspace.com/sharonshannon Track Name: The Maid Behind The Bar Playback: flash Download?: No Resisting the urge to start with looking all the jokes about accordion players (and drummers think they have a tough time), Sharon Shannon is atotally amazing musician. Jools and I caught her at the Brunswick music Festival a couple [...]

Artist: Baka Beyond Website: www.myspace.com/bakabeyond or www.bakabeyond.net/ Track Name: Sad Among Strangers Playback: flash Download?:No Jools has pointed out that today’s selection is a tad “vigorous” to be “Chill” but I think it fits. I can’t actually remember the first time I heard this band (I am positive that it was this millennium rather than [...]

Artist: Yilila Website: www.yilila.com Track Name: Jamajama Playback: mov Download?: Yes – samples, both video and audio. Gosh, not had a Saturday Sample for a while. For all the downsides of MySpace, one thing it has done is encourage more performers to put up whole songs and even videos for people to listen to. This [...]

Artist: Tinariwen Website: www.tinariwen.com/ Track Name: Assouf or Cler Achel Playback: mp3/flash Download?: No Click on either of the two song links above (I’ll wait…) and listen while you read the rather long hype piece below. This bands back story reads like a chapter from “Boy’s Own” adventure. The only thing missing is Peter O’Toole [...]