Music for your mind, hands and feet…#1

1. kingdom trees    Midnite      Seek Knowledge Before Vengeance
2. E Depois…    Bid Feat. Seu Jorge        Putumayo Presents Brazilian Lounge
3. park bench people   jose james and flying lotus
4. Fragments of freedom    Morcheeba        Fragments Of Freedom
5. Polyphonix    Greyboy       Mastered the Art
6. Me    Erykah Badu   New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
7. Give it Away    Zero 7        Simple Things
8. August Day Song (Remixed By King Britt)    Bebel Gilberto
9. Feel Like Makin’ Love    Marlena Shaw        Blue Note Trip 2: Sunrise
10. Distractions    Zero 7      Simple Things
11. Running Away    Nneka        No Longer At Ease

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The Summer of Festivals?

I was looking at a number of festival happening the UK this summer and i wondered how the Caribbean capitalised on the idea of Festivals. What does it take to have a sucessful festival.  There is the Jazz festival and Sumfest in Jamaica, but what else do we have on a significant enough level?

Formula music ?

I wonder how they do it and i wonder if they have a formula? I guess they do.. Artist that keep turning out hits. Apart from the makerketing machinery behind them what is about this sound? Take the latest Black Eye Peas Release; Boom Boom Pow…what is it about this song?  I know it is high energy good for the clubs but is there something else? Take a listen to their latest album.